Vivo X100 Ultra vs 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
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
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 | 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 |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 369 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
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
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 14403 | 14742 |
| Single-core score | 2119 | 2141 |
| Multi-core score | 6486 | 7010 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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
| Stability | 83% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1642 | 1814 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| 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
| Stability | 76% | 66% |
| Graphics test | 28 FPS | 27 FPS |
| Graphics score | 4738 | 4592 |
PCMark 3.0
| 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
Vivo X100 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-01-12 (kyroskoh) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 14403 |
| 📘 2025-01-12 (kyroskoh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2119 / 6486 |
Vivo X100 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 12 | 2711576 |
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Kelol6554) | AnTuTu 11 | 2422700 |
| 📘 2026-04-11 (Chin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2252279 |
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 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 |
| 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
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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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