Vivo X100 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
79
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X100 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9300) that was released on November 13, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 10 months 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 X100 Pro
- Comes with 1818 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 3582 mAh
- 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2450K versus 1801K)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- Shows 26% longer battery life (28:13 vs 22:26 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 19% higher peak brightness (1769 against 1486 nits)
- 68% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3591 and 2141 points
- Weighs 26 grams less
- The phone is 10 months newer
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1260 x 2800 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 452 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 3000 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.9% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 369 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
X100 Pro
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.05 mm (6.46 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 75.28 mm (2.96 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.91 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 225 g (7.94 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Orange | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3250 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4 - 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 790 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G720 MC12 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14742 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 2141 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 7010 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 729780 | 555276 |
| GPU | 860537 | 546980 |
| Memory | 356464 | 176885 |
| UX | 504205 | 522035 |
| Total score | 2450986 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 68% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1814 | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 64% | - |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 32 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 30 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7667 | 7585 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4592 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11968 | - |
| Video editing | 5599 | - |
| Photo editing | 29205 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12432 | - |
| Writing score | 22989 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#140th place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X100 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz) | AnTuTu | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich) | AnTuTu | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Kelol6554) | AnTuTu | 2422700 |
| 📘 2026-04-11 (Chin) | AnTuTu | 2252279 |
| 📘 2025-12-21 (Alpha) | AnTuTu | 2260515 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | GeekBench CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
| 📘 2026-05-20 (013gafurov) | AnTuTu | 1891085 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | Funtouch 15 | - |
| OS size | - | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5400 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (60% in 15 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:31 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 09:38 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 14:53 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 06:25 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4.3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX989 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/0.98" (≈ 1.02 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.6 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 100 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 80 |
| Preview | 81 | 93 |
| Zoom | 155 | 142 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Vivo X100 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGD2 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
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 | 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 |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | November 2023 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $800 | $999 |
| Successor | - Vivo X300 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on X100 Pro:
- The top version (with 16 GB) comes with LPDDR5T memory, while the others feature LPDDR5X.
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Apple iPhone 16 Pro. It has a better camera, performance, battery life, software, and design.
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