Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus vs Neo 9S Pro Plus

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus (with Mediatek Dimensity 9300 Plus) that was released on September 24, 2024, against the Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 3 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 Z9 Turbo Plus
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 6400 vs 5500 mAh
  • 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2307 and 2079 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus and Neo 9S 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
631.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
577.9
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

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 453 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.3% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 163.72 mm (6.45 inches) 163.53 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 75.88 mm (2.99 inches) 75.68 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8.34 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 196 g (6.91 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof IP64 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Gray White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus and Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
SoC
Chipset Mediatek Dimensity 9300 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3400 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 790 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G720 MC12 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus and Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 15375 14781
Single-core score 2307 2079
Multi-core score 7526 6334
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 735030 655646
GPU 838848 810714
Memory 317557 330428
UX 509884 545645
Total score 2401319 2342433
Samples [13 tests] [12 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 67% 90%
Graphics test 13 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 1821 1668
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 28 FPS 32 FPS
Section 1 31 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 29 FPS 32 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 28 FPS
Graphics score 7461 8430
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 27 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 4546 4939
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12245 11478
Video editing 5417 6515
Photo editing 27211 32359
Data manipulation 12554 11083
Writing score 23220 19007
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (155th and 174th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (Sony elison)AnTuTu2449800
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-11 (Valeron8935)AnTuTu2372317
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-13 (barebuh)AnTuTu2282616
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-31 (Abila)AnTuTu2374721
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-21 -> MaximumAnTuTu2511191
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (Reann)AnTuTu2303792
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-27 (Wither VN)AnTuTu2375298
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-22 (ΠšΠ°Ρ€Ρ€ΠΏΠΎ)AnTuTu2276863
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-18 (Hutnakhone)AnTuTu2363866
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 -> PYOWC3CPU Throttle94%

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OriginOS 4 OriginOS 5
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 4 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 6400 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 23 min) Yes (70% in 17 min)
Full charging time 0:47 hr 0:28 hr

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 No 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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX921
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Sensor GalaxyCore GC08A3 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 5.4 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, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC 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 No Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2024 July 2024
Release date September 2024 July 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $310 $565
Successor - - Vivo iQOO Neo 10 Pro Plus
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 120 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus. But if the software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus.

Cast your vote

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187 (45.7%)
222 (54.3%)
Total votes: 409

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Aqu April 6, 2025 at 07:39 AM
Display better on z9Turbo+? 😹 This web is straight up glazing z9 series
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Oneplus12 October 12, 2024 at 02:05 PM
How tf z9 turbos+ get mores score than neo 9s pro plus?
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Serhii October 15, 2024 at 06:50 AM
Both got powerful processors.
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AlexZ9 October 23, 2024 at 10:48 AM
I guess battery life is the difference maker
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