Vivo V70 vs Nothing Phone (4a) Pro

73 out of 100
Vivo V70
VS
72 out of 100
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.59-inch Vivo V70 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4) that was released on February 19, 2026, against the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 month after. 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 V70
  • Comes with 1420 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5080 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 50W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
  • Weighs 23 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo V70 and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
73.9
(Good)
Value Index
71.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2750 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 459 ppi 440 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (30-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 5000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 480 Hz
Screen protection Schott Xensation Core Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 91% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.7%
PWM - 90 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1554 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.52 mm (6.2 inches) 163.6 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 74.33 mm (2.93 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 7.59 mm (0.3 inches) 7.9 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 187 g (6.6 oz) 210 g (7.41 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Red Black, Silver, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.99/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 100 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo V70 +1%
91%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo V70 and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 2800 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 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)
- 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 3 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 722 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 512 512
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo V70 and Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1279
1332
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4114
4146
Compute Score (GPU)
Vivo V70 +65%
7804
Compute Score (GPU) 7804 4719
Single-core score 1279 1332
Multi-core score 4114 4146
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo V70 +4%
1410609
1355225
CPU 483449 472802
GPU 334984 312151
Memory 229451 226990
UX 362675 343282
Total score 1410609 1355225
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo V70
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 GPU2833
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 -> RennsportGeekbench 7 CPU1101 / 3897
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 -> 031209CPU Throttle94%
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 -> 031209Geekbench 6 GPU7804
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-05 -> 031209Geekbench 6 CPU1279 / 4114
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (KJIUKU)AnTuTu 121523984
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (Petros@n)AnTuTu 111355225
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-14 (Razvan589)Geekbench 6 GPU4719
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-14 (Razvan589)Geekbench 6 CPU1332 / 4146

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
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 16
ROM OriginOS 6 Nothing OS 4.1
OS size - 37.3 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 5080 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 50 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (48% in 30 min) Yes (68% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 1:01 hr
Battery cycles - 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:55 hr
Watching video - 21:01 hr
Gaming - 06:05 hr
Standby - 132 hr
General battery life
n/a
28:25 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x
Flash LED 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 - 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 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/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX896
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.9
Focal length 85 mm 80 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 22 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/3.42" (β‰ˆ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 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 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* No Yes
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
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2026 March 2026
Release date February 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $499
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the gaming and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo V70. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro.

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22 (61.1%)
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Total votes: 36

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