Vivo X100 Ultra vs X100 Pro

81 out of 100
Vivo X100 Ultra
VS
79 out of 100
Vivo X100 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X100 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on May 13, 2024, against the Vivo X100 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and came out 6 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 X100 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (1814 against 1479 nits)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 14% higher pixel density (517 vs 452 PPI)
  • The phone is 6 months newer
Reasons to consider the Vivo X100 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X100 Ultra and X100 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
41.7
(Average)
Value Index
45.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 517 ppi 452 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.8%
PWM - 369 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
X100 Ultra +23%
1814 nits
1479 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 164.1 mm (6.46 inches) 164.05 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) 75.28 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 9.2 mm (0.36 inches) 8.91 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 225 g (7.94 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray White, Black, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.5%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X100 Ultra and Vivo X100 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Max clock 3300 MHz 3250 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
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
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Immortalis-G720 MC12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X100 Ultra and Vivo X100 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2119
X100 Pro +1%
2141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6486
X100 Pro +8%
7010
Compute Score (GPU)
14403
X100 Pro +2%
14742
Compute Score (GPU) 14403 14742
Single-core score 2119 2141
Multi-core score 6486 7010
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2294102
X100 Pro +7%
2450986
CPU 695131 729780
GPU 685799 860537
Memory 402587 356464
UX 510585 504205
Total score 2294102 2450986
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1642
X100 Pro +10%
1814
Stability 83% 68%
Graphics test 12 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 1642 1814
3DMark Solar Bay
8230
7667
Stability - 64%
Graphics test 31 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 8230 7667
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
4738
4592
Stability 76% 66%
Graphics test 28 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 4738 4592
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14201
14116
Web score 10974 11968
Video editing 6450 5599
Photo editing 33109 29205
Data manipulation 12481 12432
Writing score 18970 22989
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (194th and 149th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X100 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-01-12 (kyroskoh)Geekbench 6 GPU14403
📘 2025-01-12 (kyroskoh)Geekbench 6 CPU2119 / 6486
Vivo X100 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (Mnich)AnTuTu 122711576
📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz)AnTuTu 112575927
📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich)AnTuTu 112575927
📘 2026-06-07 (Kelol6554)AnTuTu 112422700
📘 2026-04-11 (Chin)AnTuTu 112252279

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OriginOS 5 Funtouch 15
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5400 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (65% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:31 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:19 hr 09:38 hr
Watching video 14:26 hr 14:53 hr
Gaming 05:35 hr 06:25 hr
Standby 99 hr 94 hr
General battery life
22:58 hr
22:26 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 4.3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 116° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony IMX989
Sensor size 1/0.98" (≈ 1.02 inch) 1/0.98" (≈ 1.02 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.5
Focal length 85 mm 100 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 81
Zoom - 155
Samples - Photo samples of Vivo X100 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm 20 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KGD2
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.8 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 5.4
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 GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode 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 Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
90 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2024 November 2023
Release date May 2024 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $900 $800
Successor - Vivo X200 Ultra - Vivo X300 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on X100 Pro:
    - The top version (with 16 GB) comes with LPDDR5T memory, while the others feature LPDDR5X.
*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 Vivo X100 Ultra.

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