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Vivo iQOO 15 vs Honor 500

93 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 15
VS
83 out of 100
Honor 500
Vivo iQOO 15
Honor 500

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch Vivo iQOO 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 20, 2025, against the Honor 500, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 2 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 15
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 68% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3950K versus 2344K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
  • 10% higher pixel density (508 vs 460 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 64% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3584 and 2185 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 500
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 7000 mAh
  • Weighs 22 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 500 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
iQOO 15
89*
Honor 500
83*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
iQOO 15
100
Honor 500
91*
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
iQOO 15
93*
Honor 500
83*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
63.4
(Average)
Value Index
76.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO 15
vs
Honor 500

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.55 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1264 x 2736 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 508 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Aluminosilicate
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 561 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
iQOO 15
6.85″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Honor 500
6.55″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO 15
2942 nits
Honor 500
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) 155.8 mm (6.13 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 74.2 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.75 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Silver, Blue, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO 15
90.2%
Honor 500 +1%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 500
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 4610 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 500
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 15 +64%
3584
Honor 500
2185
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 15 +60%
11143
Honor 500
6974
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 15
27247
Honor 500
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 27247 -
Single-core score 3584 2185
Multi-core score 11143 6974
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 15 +68%
3950082
Honor 500
2344395
CPU 1112833 670547
GPU 1494722 781383
Memory 442350 353250
UX 900177 539215
Total score 3950082 2344395
Samples [24 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
iQOO 15
2806
Honor 500
n/a
Stability 54% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 2806 -
3DMark Solar Bay
iQOO 15
12156
Honor 500
n/a
Graphics test 46 FPS -
Section 1 52 FPS -
Section 2 46 FPS -
Section 3 40 FPS -
Graphics score 12156 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
iQOO 15
6752
Honor 500
n/a
Graphics test 40 FPS -
Graphics score 6752 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
iQOO 15
16959
Honor 500
n/a
Web score 14169 -
Video editing 6652 -
Photo editing 35337 -
Data manipulation 14682 -
Writing score 29367 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (30th and 186th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-11 (Rtesh)AnTuTu 113886893
📘 2026-09-10 (Ranit)AnTuTu 113974227
📘 2026-08-07 (tt:shikazik)AnTuTu 114017492
📘 2026-07-17 (Skarvinarn)AnTuTu 113902163
📘 2026-07-03 (cA27)AnTuTu 114140036
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Honor 500
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-15 (Babaiko)AnTuTu 122425275
Add View all (1)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 -
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 MagicOS 10
OS size 57 GB -
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 8000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:52 hr -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:52 hr -
Watching video 27:27 hr -
Gaming 09:04 hr -
Standby 147 hr -
General battery life
iQOO 15
39:26 hr
Honor 500
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 107° 117°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX921 Samsung ISOCELL HP3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.7 -
Focal length 85 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes -
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
iQOO 15
84.1 dB
Honor 500
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 November 2025
Release date October 2025 November 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $380
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Vivo iQOO 15 is definitely a better buy.

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