Vivo X Fold6 vs Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8
89
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85
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 8.02-inch Vivo X Fold6 (with Mediatek Dimensity 9500 Super) that was released on June 26, 2026, against the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 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
Reasons to consider the Vivo X Fold6
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Comes with 2200 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4800 mAh
- Waterproof body (IP58 classification)
- Has a 0.42 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 45W)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Better grip in hands – the body is 15.74 mm narrower
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8
- Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (3013 against 2410 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 27 grams less
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3645 and 3288 points
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 | 8.02 inches | 7.6 inches |
| Resolution | 2312 x 2504 pixels | 1828 x 2448 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 4:3.69 | 4:3 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 402 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | - |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 5000 nits | 3000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | - | Corning Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 89.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
Vivo X Fold6
8.02″ (4:3.69 ratio) = 32.1 in2
Galaxy Z Fold 8
7.6″ (4:3 ratio) = 27.7 in2
~15% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.16 mm (6.19 inches) | 123.9 mm (4.88 inches) |
| Width | 145.66 mm (5.73 inches) | 161.4 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Thickness | 4.4 mm (0.17 inches) | 4.5 mm (0.18 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 201 g (7.09 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP58 | IP48 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | White, Gray, Green, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Mediatek Dimensity 9500 Super | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 |
| Max clock | 4210 MHz | 4740 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro - 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium - 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra |
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Adreno 840 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1716 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 26418 | 27907 |
| Single-core score | 3288 | 3645 |
| Multi-core score | 9498 | 11102 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 972680 | 992447 |
| GPU | 1331646 | 1292614 |
| Memory | 520511 | 372424 |
| UX | 768512 | 724535 |
| Total score | 3593349 | 3382020 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#64th place)
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 17 | Android 17 |
| ROM | OriginOS 7 Fold | One UI 9.0 |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 4800 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (20 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (62% in 30 min) | Yes (65% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:59 hr | 1:09 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:59 hr | 08:41 hr |
| Watching video | 19:58 hr | 18:10 hr |
| Gaming | 06:37 hr | 05:34 hr |
| Standby | 121 hr | 135 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#125th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | - | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | - | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | - | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | - | Up to 240FPS |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPB | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX885 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.1 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL JN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV32D | Sony IMX374 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | - | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Additional lens | 20 MP, OmniVision OV32D, f/21, 1/3.6" | 10 MP, Sony IMX374, f/23, 1/3.0" |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | 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 | Yes |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | June 2026 | July 2026 |
| Release date | July 2026 | July 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $2199 | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.82 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.21 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X Fold6. But if the software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8.
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