Vivo V40 Pro vs Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G

70 out of 100
Vivo V40 Pro
VS
67 out of 100
Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo V40 Pro (with Mediatek Dimensity 9200 Plus) that was released on August 7, 2024, against the Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy 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 V40 Pro
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1914K versus 914K)
  • Delivers 36% higher peak brightness (1301 against 957 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 15% higher pixel density (453 vs 394 PPI)
  • 72% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1792 and 1043 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G
  • Shows 18% longer battery life (26:24 vs 22:26 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has a built-in infrared port

Review

Evaluation of Vivo V40 Pro and Oppo Reno 12 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
52.9
(Average)
Value Index
47.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 453 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 4500 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Schott Xensation Alpha Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.7%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
V40 Pro +36%
1301 nits
957 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164.16 mm (6.46 inches) 161.5 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 74.93 mm (2.95 inches) 74.8 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 7.58 mm (0.3 inches) 7.4 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 181 g (6.38 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material - Plastic
Colors Black, Gray, Blue Silver, Gold, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
V40 Pro +1%
90.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo V40 Pro and Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G
SoC
Chipset Mediatek Dimensity 9200 Plus MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Energy
Max clock 3350 MHz 2500 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 690 MediaTek APU 655
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G715 MC11 Mali-G615 MC2
GPU shading units 1408 256
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1047 MHz
FLOPS ~3238.4 GFLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo V40 Pro and Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
V40 Pro +72%
1792
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
V40 Pro +66%
4984
Compute Score (GPU)
V40 Pro +366%
11750
Compute Score (GPU) 11750 2524
Single-core score 1792 1043
Multi-core score 4984 2999
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
V40 Pro +109%
1914147
CPU 610928 320641
GPU 541519 127992
Memory 275958 210449
UX 485742 255738
Total score 1914147 914820
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo V40 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-30 (Arterrita)AnTuTu 111914147
Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 -> fuckingloserAnTuTu 11914820
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-12 (Gilankkaz)AnTuTu 11908569

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14
ROM Funtouch 14 ColorOS 14.1
OS size - 29 GB
OS updates 2 years 2 years
Security updates 3 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (67% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:44 hr 0:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:32 hr 11:19 hr
Watching video 11:14 hr 17:35 hr
Gaming 07:05 hr 06:09 hr
Standby 103 hr 113 hr
General battery life
22:26 hr
26:24 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 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 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 47 mm
Sensor Sony IMX816 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.14 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 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 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 5.3 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 Yes
Infrared port No 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 -
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
92.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced August 2024 June 2024
Release date August 2024 June 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $599
Successor - - Oppo Reno 15 Pro
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

If the display, performance, gaming, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Vivo V40 Pro. But if the camera, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Oppo Reno 12 Pro 5G.

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