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Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo vs Realme 16 Pro Plus

86 out of 100
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
VS
76 out of 100
Realme 16 Pro Plus
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Realme 16 Pro Plus

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.59-inch Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on January 15, 2026, against the Realme 16 Pro Plus, 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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  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 Z11 Turbo
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3068K versus 1392K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
  • 2x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2732 and 1374 points
Reasons to consider the Realme 16 Pro Plus
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo and Realme 16 Pro Plus 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
102.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
57.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO Z11 Turbo
vs
16 Pro Plus

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.8 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2750 pixels 1280 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 466 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5500 nits 6500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO Z11 Turbo
n/a
16 Pro Plus
1977 nits

Design and build

Height 157.61 mm (6.21 inches) 162.5 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 74.42 mm (2.93 inches) 76.3 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Pink Gold, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.2/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO Z11 Turbo
90.8%
16 Pro Plus +1%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo and Realme 16 Pro Plus
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 3800 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon 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 6 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 1024 512
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo and Realme 16 Pro Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO Z11 Turbo +99%
2732
16 Pro Plus
1374
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO Z11 Turbo +109%
9106
16 Pro Plus
4363
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO Z11 Turbo +171%
21211
16 Pro Plus
7820
Compute Score (GPU) 21211 7820
Single-core score 2732 1374
Multi-core score 9106 4363
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO Z11 Turbo +120%
3068959
16 Pro Plus
1392392
CPU 926038 504281
GPU 1050943 321491
Memory 404976 209587
UX 687002 357033
Total score 3068959 1392392
Samples [16 tests] [5 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Graphics score 1823 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 35 FPS -
Section 1 40 FPS -
Section 2 35 FPS -
Section 3 29 FPS -
Graphics score 9094 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18849 -
Video editing 7194 -
Photo editing 40238 -
Data manipulation 15237 -
Writing score 25119 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-02 -> Vivo IqooAnTuTu3154986
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-06 (Π‘ΡƒΠ±Π°)AnTuTu3135649
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-02 -> paco_ratertaAnTuTu3075422
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Dior)AnTuTu2867447
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 -> paco_ratertaGeekBench CPU2732 / 9106
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Realme 16 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-14 (Wal)AnTuTu1393909
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-20 -> PhilAnTuTu1396562
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (febrycitizen)AnTuTu1392392
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-17 -> PhilAnTuTu1391276
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-13 -> PhilAnTuTu1359701
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 Realme UI 7.0
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7600 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 No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 27 min) Yes (62% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:56 hr 1:04 hr
Battery cycles - 1300 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 18:05 hr
Watching video - 20:08 hr
Gaming - 08:00 hr
Standby - 140 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 -
Zoom Digital (lossless), 4x Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual 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) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 116Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.5 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 80 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN5
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 15 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV08D
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length - 22 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.61 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 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 5.4
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes No
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 No No

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2026 January 2026
Release date January 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $469 $445
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, 80 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 Z11 Turbo is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
18 (85.7%)
3 (14.3%)
Total votes: 21

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