Vivo S50 vs Realme 15 Pro 5G

77 out of 100
Vivo S50
VS
71 out of 100
Realme 15 Pro 5G

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.59-inch Vivo S50 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on December 15, 2025, against the Realme 15 Pro 5G, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and came out 4 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
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1794K versus 1251K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 70% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2046 and 1201 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Realme 15 Pro 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz

Review

Evaluation of Vivo S50 and Realme 15 Pro 5G 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
76.8
(Good)
Value Index
64.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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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 459 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness - 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 6500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91% 91.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1879 nits

Design and build

Height 157.52 mm (6.2 inches) 162.26 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 74.33 mm (2.93 inches) 76.15 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.49 mm (0.29 inches) 7.69 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 197 g (6.95 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Eco-leather
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Blue, Purple Silver, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
91%
15 Pro 5G +1%
91.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo S50 and Realme 15 Pro 5G
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 3000 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 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 8 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 735 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 768 512
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo S50 and Realme 15 Pro 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo S50 +70%
2046
1201
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo S50 +61%
5710
3549
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
6607
Compute Score (GPU) - 6607
Single-core score 2046 1201
Multi-core score 5710 3549
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo S50 +43%
1794400
1251276
CPU 597967 475740
GPU 453995 238625
Memory 350794 218084
UX 391644 318827
Total score 1794400 1251276
Samples Less than 3 [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 5 FPS
Graphics score - 666
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
n/a
15013
Web score - 17079
Video editing - 6656
Photo editing - 35259
Data manipulation - 9400
Writing score - 19269

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo S50
No benchmark results yet
Realme 15 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 -> MarkplayV2AnTuTu 111301157
📘 2026-07-16 (THAKUR)AnTuTu 111331093
📘 2026-03-14 (Bekbol)AnTuTu 111251276
📘 2026-01-25 (Алексей)AnTuTu 111232218
📘 2025-12-19 (Sumanth j)Geekbench 6 CPU1201 / 3549

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock - 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
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 15
ROM OriginOS 6 Realme UI 6.0
OS updates 3 years -
Security updates 4 years -

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (48% in 30 min) Yes (61% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 0:53 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 14:42 hr
Watching video - 19:07 hr
Gaming - 07:28 hr
Standby - 142 hr
General battery life
n/a
32:07 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 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion - 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 110° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) 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/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Sony IMX896
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 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC13A2 OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 23 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size - 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size - 0.61 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
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 Mid-range Mid-range
Announced December 2025 July 2025
Release date December 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $425 $370
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, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Vivo S50. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Realme 15 Pro 5G.

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