Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus vs Apple iPhone 14

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on August 7, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 11 months before. 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 Z10 Turbo Plus
  • Comes with 4721 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 3279 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 93% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2941K versus 1526K)
  • Has a 0.68 inch larger screen size
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 20W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 2 years and 11 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Weighs 40 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus and Apple iPhone 14 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)

Should I update?
No 81% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 14 to Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and display.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 453 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5500 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Tempered glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.3% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.5%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 12 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
iPhone 14
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~21% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors White, Gold, Gray White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus and Apple iPhone 14
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3730 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus and Apple iPhone 14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
20728
Compute Score (GPU) 21322 20728
Single-core score 2736 2272
Multi-core score 8535 5584
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2941787
1526761
CPU 856929 441890
GPU 1012740 399019
Memory 409634 177784
UX 662484 508068
Total score 2941787 1526761
Samples [60 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 77% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2377 -
3DMark Solar Bay
10763
3771
Stability - 76%
Graphics test 41 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 45 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 10763 3771
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 15258 -
Video editing 5580 -
Photo editing 28768 -
Data manipulation 12225 -
Writing score 23915 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#112th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-13 (Ember)AnTuTu 123009870
📘 2026-09-11 (Robiul Hasan)AnTuTu 123067832
📘 2026-09-02 (Lopreon)AnTuTu 112910899
📘 2026-08-21 (Raizen)AnTuTu 113016726
📘 2026-06-25 (Siya.)AnTuTu 112953595
Apple iPhone 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom)AnTuTu 111082494
📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai)AnTuTu 111526761
📘 2026-06-06 (emo067)AnTuTu 111538861
📘 2026-05-27 (Rex)Geekbench 6 CPU2382 / 5869
📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy)AnTuTu 111573257

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 5333 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM OriginOS 6 -
OS size - 12 GB
OS updates - 6 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 3279 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 20 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 1:31 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:06 hr
Watching video - 14:55 hr
Gaming - 05:25 hr
Standby - 114 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX372
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 85
Zoom - 90
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.5 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 138
Video - 153

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6 (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 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced August 2025 September 2022
Release date August 2025 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $320 $799
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 90 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 Z10 Turbo Plus is definitely a better buy.

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