Vivo V40 5G vs V29 Pro
65
out of 100
VS
56
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo V40 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on June 17, 2024, against the Vivo V29 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8200 and came out 9 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
Reasons to consider the Vivo V40 5G
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Shows 41% longer battery life (29:03 vs 20:39 hours)
- Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4600 mAh
- Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (1342 against 1022 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Stereo speakers
- More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
- Reverse charging feature
- The phone is 9 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Vivo V29 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1117K versus 1010K)
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | - | 1300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | - |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Schott Xensation Alpha | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.16 mm (6.46 inches) | 164.2 mm (6.46 inches) |
| Width | 74.93 mm (2.95 inches) | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.58 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.5 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | No |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Purple | Black, Blue, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 | MediaTek Dimensity 8200 |
| Max clock | 2630 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715) - 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715) |
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex A55 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex A78 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex A78 |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 580 |
| Graphics | Adreno 720 | Mali-G610 MC6 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 384 |
| GPU clock | 975 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~998.4 GFLOPS | ~729.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 3540 | - |
| Single-core score | 1126 | 1051 |
| Multi-core score | 3132 | 3610 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 400634 | 438358 |
| GPU | 213466 | 127314 |
| Memory | 156680 | 182324 |
| UX | 239928 | 369931 |
| Total score | 1010711 | 1117927 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 4 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 495 | - |
Recent User Tests
Vivo V40 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-10-21 (Bryle) | AnTuTu 11 | 1010711 |
| π 2025-03-21 (Pratama) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3540 |
| π 2025-03-21 (Pratama) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1126 / 3132 |
Vivo V29 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-12-10 (Pranav Rajesh Kulkarni) | AnTuTu 11 | 1117927 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | Android 13 |
| ROM | Funtouch 14 | Funtouch 13 |
| OS updates | 2 years | - |
| Security updates | 3 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5500 mAh | 4600 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (66% in 30 min) | Yes (69% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:46 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Web browsing | 12:12 hr | 08:08 hr |
| Watching video | 17:26 hr | 13:39 hr |
| Gaming | 07:14 hr | 05:08 hr |
| Standby | 135 hr | 94 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#63rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 2x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | - |
| Angle of widest lens | 119Β° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung GNJ | Sony IMX766 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.0 |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX663 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.93" (β 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV08D10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX663 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - 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 Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Depends on the region |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | - |
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | June 2024 | October 2023 |
| Release date | July 2024 | October 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $490 |
| Successor | - Vivo V70 | - Vivo V40 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.97 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.14 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 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 V40 5G is definitely a better buy.
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