Vivo iQOO 15 vs Motorola Edge 70

93 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 15
VS
72 out of 100
Motorola Edge 70

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.85-inch Vivo iQOO 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 20, 2025, against the Motorola Edge 70, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 . 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
  • 2.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3950K versus 1368K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Shows 71% longer battery life (39:26 vs 23:00 hours)
  • Comes with 2200 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4800 mAh
  • Delivers 100% higher peak brightness (2943 against 1471 nits)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 68W)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 14% higher pixel density (508 vs 446 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Motorola Edge 70
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 61 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15 and Motorola Edge 70 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
89*
83*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
100
65
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*
72*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
63.4
(Average)
Value Index
38.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1220 x 2712 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 508 ppi 446 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2600 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 91.6%
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)
iQOO 15 +100%
2943 nits
1471 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.65 mm (6.44 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) 74 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 6 mm (0.24 inches)
Weight 220 g (7.76 oz) 159 g (5.61 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass -
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.63/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.2%
Edge 70 +2%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15 and Motorola Edge 70
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 4610 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
L3 cache 12 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 1536 512
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 15 and Motorola Edge 70
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 15 +170%
3584
1329
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 15 +164%
11143
4219
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 15 +253%
27247
7727
Compute Score (GPU) 27247 7727
Single-core score 3584 1329
Multi-core score 11143 4219
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 15 +189%
3950082
1368100
CPU 1112833 474637
GPU 1494722 331870
Memory 442350 228458
UX 900177 333135
Total score 3950082 1368100
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], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16959
Edge 70 +3%
17468
Web score 14169 20377
Video editing 6652 7926
Photo editing 35337 38655
Data manipulation 14682 11910
Writing score 29367 20941

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-11 (Rtesh)AnTuTu3886893
📘 2026-09-10 (Ranit)AnTuTu3974227
📘 2026-08-07 (tt:shikazik)AnTuTu4017492
📘 2026-07-17 (Skarvinarn)AnTuTu3902163
📘 2026-07-03 (cA27)AnTuTu4140036
Motorola Edge 70
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-29 (Black)AnTuTu1361822
📘 2026-08-28 (Rupinder)AnTuTu1367750
📘 2026-08-15 (Ankit)AnTuTu1355373
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)CPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-07-12 (স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ)AnTuTu1368100

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

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

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 4800 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 68 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes (85% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:52 hr 0:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:52 hr 08:31 hr
Watching video 27:27 hr 16:02 hr
Gaming 09:04 hr 05:53 hr
Standby 147 hr 105 hr
General battery life
iQOO 15 +71%
39:26 hr
23:00 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
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° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Samsung GNJ
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 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 50 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 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 21 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.4
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
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.1 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2025 October 2025
Release date October 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $799
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*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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