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Vivo iQOO Neo 9 vs IQOO Neo 10 (Global)

70 out of 100
Vivo iQOO Neo 9
VS
78 out of 100
Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
Vivo iQOO Neo 9
Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo iQOO Neo 9 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on December 27, 2023, against the Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 1 year and 6 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 Neo 9
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Weighs 16 grams less
Reasons to consider the Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
  • Comes with 1840 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 5160 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2391K versus 1819K)
  • The phone is 1 year and 6 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO Neo 9 and IQOO Neo 10 (Global) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
114.7
(Excellent)
Value Index
139.0
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO Neo 9
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IQOO Neo 10 (Global)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 453 ppi 452 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1400 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 5500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 89.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 163.53 mm (6.44 inches) 163.72 mm (6.45 inches)
Width 75.68 mm (2.98 inches) 75.88 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.34 mm (0.33 inches) 8.09 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof - IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Red Gray, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO Neo 9 and Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 3200 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3		 - 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 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 680 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO Neo 9 and Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 9287 18518
Single-core score 2032 2151
Multi-core score 5692 6825
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO Neo 9
1819685
IQOO Neo 10 (Global) +31%
2391014
CPU 591408 674929
GPU 432514 801298
Memory 297458 381888
UX 498305 532899
Total score 1819685 2391014
Samples [12 tests] [99 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 98% 76%
Graphics test 8 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 1090 1073
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 20 FPS 19 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 21 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 5260 4971
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 97% -
Graphics test 21 FPS -
Graphics score 3641 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 10240
Video editing - 6021
Photo editing - 25601
Data manipulation - 10644
Writing score - 13811
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#167th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO Neo 9
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-21 (meph1lesu_)AnTuTu 111862932
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-23 (MAKENZI)AnTuTu 111831926
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 -> KhiemTech05AnTuTu 111816571
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-25 (KhiΓͺmTech)AnTuTu 111856957
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-20 (Mephilesu_)AnTuTu 111858274
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Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (heytempl)AnTuTu 112391065
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 (SEMTEX)AnTuTu 112483733
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (diesel)AnTuTu 112360168
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-04 (D1saver)AnTuTu 112328560
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-20 (z2z3x5)AnTuTu 112299804
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OriginOS 4 OriginOS 6

Battery

Capacity 5160 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (40% in 9 min) Yes
Full charging time 0:21 hr -
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash 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 119Β° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Sensor Sony IMX920 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 -
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) -
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX480
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 5.3 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, 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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2023 May 2025
Release date December 2023 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $399
Successor - Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global) -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 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 Neo 10 (Global) is definitely a better buy.

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