Vivo X Fold3 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 8.03-inch Vivo X Fold3 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on March 26, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 8 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 X Fold3 Pro
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5700 vs 4400 mAh
- Delivers 69% higher peak brightness (2145 against 1268 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 25W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Has a 0.43 inch larger screen size
- 24% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2251K versus 1818K)
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 10% higher pixel density (413 vs 374 PPI)
- The phone is 8 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
- Better grip in hands – the body is 12.5 mm narrower
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 8.03 inches | 7.6 inches |
| Resolution | 2200 x 2480 pixels | 1812 x 2176 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 1.13:1 | 10.81:9 |
| PPI | 413 ppi | 374 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 4500 nits | 600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1750 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Armor Glass | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.6% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 94.7% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 4 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
X Fold3 Pro
8.03″ (1.13:1 ratio) = 32 in2
Galaxy Z Fold 5
7.6″ (10.81:9 ratio) = 28.4 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 159.96 mm (6.3 inches) | 154.9 mm (6.1 inches) |
| Width | 142.4 mm (5.61 inches) | 129.9 mm (5.11 inches) |
| Thickness | 5.2 mm (0.2 inches) | 6.1 mm (0.24 inches) |
| Weight | 236 g (8.32 oz) | 253 g (8.92 oz) |
| Waterproof | IPX8 | IPX8 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3360 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15908 | - |
| Single-core score | 2215 | 2062 |
| Multi-core score | 6681 | 5396 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 603872 | 600928 |
| GPU | 806061 | 448555 |
| Memory | 237907 | 284750 |
| UX | 513541 | 484163 |
| Total score | 2251381 | 1818396 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 79% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1652 | 1142 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | 35 FPS | 24 FPS |
| Section 2 | 32 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Section 3 | 27 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8258 | 5460 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 57% |
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3603 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10904 | 15086 |
| Video editing | 6426 | 7879 |
| Photo editing | 31900 | 33582 |
| Data manipulation | 13190 | 12994 |
| Writing score | 19923 | 19605 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#198th place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X Fold3 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-17 (Alijka) | AnTuTu | 2251381 |
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-11 (Anekochan) | AnTuTu | 1824088 |
| 📘 2026-05-09 (Laixy) | AnTuTu | 1839549 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (Jesus) | AnTuTu | 1818396 |
| 📘 2025-12-10 (Ксюшкинс) | AnTuTu | 1787267 |
| 📘 2025-12-02 (Тг: @RTX5090Palit) | AnTuTu | 1742781 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | FuntouchOS 15 | One UI 8.5 |
| OS size | - | 34 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5700 mAh | 4400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (79% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:39 hr | 1:24 hr |
| Web browsing | 09:53 hr | 08:04 hr |
| Watching video | 14:19 hr | 12:40 hr |
| Gaming | 06:03 hr | 05:13 hr |
| Standby | 102 hr | 126 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6120 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | Samsung GN3 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 10 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 66 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Samsung S5K3K1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX258 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | - | 128 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | Sony IMX374 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Additional lens | 32 MP | 10 MP, Sony IMX374, f/26, 1/3.2" |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes, DP 1.2 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2024 | July 2023 |
| Release date | April 2024 | August 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1499 | $1799 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.19 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, performance, gaming, and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X Fold3 Pro. But if the camera, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5.
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Total votes: 10