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Vivo iQOO 16 vs iQOO 13

93 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 16
VS
85 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 13
Vivo iQOO 16
Vivo iQOO 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch Vivo iQOO 16 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6) that was released on September 29, 2026, against the Vivo iQOO 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 2 years before. 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 16
  • Comes with 2250 mAh larger battery capacity: 8400 vs 6150 mAh
  • 75% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (5498K versus 3150K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 13
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 16 and iQOO 13 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
iQOO 16
87*
iQOO 13
77*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
iQOO 16
99*
iQOO 13
88
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 16
93*
iQOO 13
85*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
50.6
(Average)
Value Index
60.5
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO 16
vs
iQOO 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 508 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 10000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 3300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Schott Xensation Alpha
Screen-to-body ratio 90.6% 89.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
1815 nits

Design and build

Height 163.75 mm (6.45 inches) 163.37 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.9 mm (3.03 inches) 76.71 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.13 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 222.5 g (7.85 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Silver, Blue White, Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO 16 +1%
90.6%
iQOO 13
89.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 16 and Vivo iQOO 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 5010 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 3 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 3.74 GHz:
- 3 cores at 4.03 GHz:
- 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: 		- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 2 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 850 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1450 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~4454.4 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 16 and Vivo iQOO 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 16 +25%
3764
iQOO 13
3008
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 16 +25%
11619
iQOO 13
9297
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 16 +24%
30624
iQOO 13
24763
Compute Score (GPU) 30624 24763
Single-core score 3764 3008
Multi-core score 11619 9297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 16 +75%
5498720
iQOO 13
3150555
CPU 1512400 903944
GPU 2045600 1153744
Memory 738900 415491
UX 1201820 677376
Total score 5498720 3150555
Samples Less than 3 [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
2509
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Graphics score - 2509
3DMark Solar Bay
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
11463
Graphics test - 44 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 44 FPS
Section 3 - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 11463
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
6250
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 6250
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
15763
Web score - 14234
Video editing - 6801
Photo editing - 39527
Data manipulation - 13253
Writing score - 20704
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (2nd and 93rd place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 16
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Vivo iQOO 13
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123392682
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Asuna)AnTuTu 113203192
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123343403
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Kh)AnTuTu 113166164
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (ShiNo_Maebure)AnTuTu 113090760
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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 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OriginOS 7 Funtouch 16
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 8400 mAh 6150 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 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 No
Fast charging Yes Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 14:22 hr
Watching video - 17:57 hr
Gaming - 08:12 hr
Standby - 129 hr
General battery life
iQOO 16
n/a
iQOO 13
30:28 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 107Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50Q Sony IMX921
Sensor size 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/1.9
Focal length 85 mm 50 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX816
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC50D1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 28 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 GalaxyCore GC32E1
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No No
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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 No
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 October 2024
Release date September 2026 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $650
Successor - - Vivo iQOO 16
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on iQOO 13:
    - Only the 16/512 GB variant has UFS 4.1 storage; the rest use UFS 4.0.
*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 16 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
3 (37.5%)
5 (62.5%)
Total votes: 8

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