Vivo X200 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X200 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400) that was released on October 14, 2024, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 3 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo X200 Pro
  • Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (2049 against 1428 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (28:43 vs 24:55 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3128K versus 2825K)
  • 10% higher pixel density (498 vs 452 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 19% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2686 points

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
42.1
(Average)
Value Index
39.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 452 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Armor Glass Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 97.7%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
X200 Pro +43%
2049 nits
1428 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.36 mm (6.39 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.92 mm (2.99 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 228 g (8.04 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.1%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3620 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G925 MC12 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2686
3202
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8366
10347
Compute Score (GPU)
21444
26581
Compute Score (GPU) 21444 26581
Single-core score 2686 3202
Multi-core score 8366 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2825187
3128552
CPU 900074 987646
GPU 972096 1190760
Memory 345330 362214
UX 607687 587932
Total score 2825187 3128552
Samples [22 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
X200 Pro +4%
2371
Stability 61% 61%
Graphics test 18 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 2371 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 40 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 44 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 40 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 10432 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
X200 Pro +5%
6122
Stability 65% 56%
Graphics test 36 FPS 34 FPS
Graphics score 6122 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15327
19901
Web score 13701 21582
Video editing 5803 8625
Photo editing 35653 34425
Data manipulation 13567 17556
Writing score 23556 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (119th and 73rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X200 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-01 -> DlackAnTuTu2847396
📘 2026-08-01 (Dlack)AnTuTu2847396
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)GeekBench GPU23591
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)GeekBench CPU2432 / 8113
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)AnTuTu2775367
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy)Battery lifeSOT 12:30 / 03:16
📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136Battery lifeSOT 8:02 / 17:11
📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK)AnTuTu3034536
📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu3254557
📘 2026-08-08 (Minh Tùng)AnTuTu2954951

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 MHz 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Funtouch OS 16 One UI 8.0
OS size - 30.4 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:47 hr 11:10 hr
Watching video 16:41 hr 19:32 hr
Gaming 07:44 hr 06:22 hr
Standby 85 hr 132 hr
General battery life
24:55 hr
28:43 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/3.4
Focal length 85 mm 111 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 Sony IMX854
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
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

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 20 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
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
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 January 2025
Release date October 2024 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $847 $1299
Successor - Vivo X300 Pro - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 W/kg
Sensors - 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, 90 W Not included
Further details
Notes on X200 Pro:
    - The black model is thinner (8.2 mm) and lighter (223g).
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*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 Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. It has a better performance, software, design, and sound.

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666 (55%)
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abu November 13, 2025 at 06:44 AM
im buy x200 pro . its amazing phone, photos are look like wow
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Spiderman February 11, 2025 at 02:44 AM
Samsung is overrated
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Ein April 14, 2025 at 07:15 AM
yeah, couldn't agree more
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NoName February 8, 2025 at 07:10 AM
Bro vivo x200 pro GPU literally crushes s25 ultra's It even has a better camera and it comes 450usd cheaper The only thing Samsung has is it's 7-year phone update
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Edvardas February 17, 2025 at 05:53 PM
Just custom rom, tbh, everyone upgrades their phone after 3-4 years
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mnsy October 29, 2024 at 11:28 AM
500 usd not worth it
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Favour February 6, 2025 at 05:32 PM
If it's the Samsung yh it ain't worth it
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