Vivo S50 Pro mini vs OnePlus Ace 6

85 out of 100
Vivo S50 Pro mini
VS
88 out of 100
OnePlus Ace 6

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo S50 Pro mini (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 15, 2025, against the OnePlus Ace 6, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 2 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 S50 Pro mini
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.28 mm narrower
  • Weighs 22 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Ace 6
  • Has a 0.52 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 7800 vs 6500 mAh
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3332K versus 2974K)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo S50 Pro mini and OnePlus Ace 6 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
100*
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
12 / 256 GB
85.5
(Very good)
Value Index
74.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 461 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-165 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Crystal Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 91%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
Ace 6
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
S50 Pro mini
6.31″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~17% more screen space

Design and build

Height 150.83 mm (5.94 inches) 163.41 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 71.76 mm (2.83 inches) 77.04 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 191 g (6.74 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, Black, Purple White, Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%
Ace 6 +1%
91%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo S50 Pro mini and OnePlus Ace 6
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3840 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo S50 Pro mini and OnePlus Ace 6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3029
2928
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9430
Compute Score (GPU)
22547
Compute Score (GPU) - 22547
Single-core score 3029 2928
Multi-core score 9401 9430
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2974201
Ace 6 +12%
3332530
CPU 869186 974868
GPU 1016895 1185998
Memory 392372 433972
UX 695748 737692
Total score 2974201 3332530
Samples [4 tests] [20 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2501
Stability - 83%
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Graphics score - 2501
3DMark Solar Bay
11482
Graphics test - 44 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 44 FPS
Section 3 - 38 FPS
Graphics score - 11482
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
4170
Graphics test - 24 FPS
Graphics score - 4170
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
15068
Web score - 17311
Video editing - 6924
Photo editing - 26538
Data manipulation - 13886
Writing score - 19446
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (104th and 48th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo S50 Pro mini
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410Battery lifeSOT 8:29 / 16:30
📘 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410CPU Throttle83%
📘 2026-08-10 -> Ruddy3410AnTuTu2974201
📘 2026-07-18 (Quỳnh)AnTuTu3185790
📘 2026-04-17 -> Ruddy3410AnTuTu2902731
OnePlus Ace 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (Dipsan)AnTuTu3150253
📘 2026-08-19 (Sumiya)AnTuTu3292436
📘 2026-07-04 -> pntAnTuTu3199330
📘 2026-07-01 (Twik)GeekBench CPU2845 / 8818
📘 2026-06-29 (Twik)AnTuTu3083201

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 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 ColorOS 16
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 7800 mAh
Max charge power 90 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 Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (48% in 30 min) Yes (58% in 20 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 0:44 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion - 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 110° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.7 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX882 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor - Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 23 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX480
Sensor size - 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 Yes No
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 October 2025
Release date December 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $525 $489
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 120 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the gaming, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Ace 6. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Vivo S50 Pro mini.

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