Vivo iQOO 15 vs Honor 600 Pro

93 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 15
VS
89 out of 100
Honor 600 Pro

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 600 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 6 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 15
  • Shows 32% longer battery life (39:26 vs 29:53 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3950K versus 3038K)
  • 11% higher pixel density (508 vs 458 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • 17% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3584 and 3058 points
Reasons to consider the Honor 600 Pro
  • Delivers 107% higher peak brightness (6101 against 2943 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • The phone is 6 months newer
  • Weighs 20 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 600 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
89*
88*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
100
86
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
93*
89*
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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
45.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.57 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1264 x 2728 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 508 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 8000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 90.9%
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 -
Peak brightness test (auto)
2943 nits
600 Pro +107%
6101 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) 156 mm (6.14 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 74.7 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 200 g (7.05 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90.2%
600 Pro +1%
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 600 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4610 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 15 and Honor 600 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 15 +17%
3584
3058
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 15 +19%
11143
9377
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 15 +14%
27247
23977
Compute Score (GPU) 27247 23977
Single-core score 3584 3058
Multi-core score 11143 9377
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 15 +30%
3950082
3038473
CPU 1112833 968049
GPU 1494722 1129416
Memory 442350 325572
UX 900177 615436
Total score 3950082 3038473
Samples [24 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2806
n/a
Stability 54% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 2806 -
3DMark Solar Bay
12156
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
6752
n/a
Graphics test 40 FPS -
Graphics score 6752 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
16959
n/a
Web score 14169 -
Video editing 6652 -
Photo editing 35337 -
Data manipulation 14682 -
Writing score 29367 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (20th and 94th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-11 (Rtesh)AnTuTu3886893
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Ranit)AnTuTu3974227
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-07 (tt:shikazik)AnTuTu4017492
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (Skarvinarn)AnTuTu3902163
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-03 (cA27)AnTuTu4140036
Honor 600 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (thor)AnTuTu3101294
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (FuSi)AnTuTu2975404
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (JIUCH)AnTuTu3104319
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Alexis)AnTuTu3038473

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 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 6 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 7000 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) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes (71% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:52 hr 0:48 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:52 hr 11:25 hr
Watching video 27:27 hr 19:55 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 08:33 hr
Standby 147 hr 136 hr
General battery life
iQOO 15 +32%
39:26 hr
29:53 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16384 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x
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 107Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) 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 HP9
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.8
Focal length 85 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical 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" (β‰ˆ 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" (β‰ˆ 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 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
84.1 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 April 2026
Release date October 2025 April 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $999
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

If the gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo iQOO 15. But if the software and design are more of a priority – go for the Honor 600 Pro.

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20 (57.1%)
15 (42.9%)
Total votes: 35

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