Vivo X300 FE vs Vivo X300

86 out of 100
Vivo X300 FE
VS
88 out of 100
Vivo X300

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo X300 FE (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on March 4, 2026, against the Vivo X300, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500 and came out 5 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 X300 FE
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
  • Delivers 151% higher peak brightness (2658 against 1060 nits)
  • 16% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3330K versus 2869K)
  • 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3204 and 2818 points

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 FE and Vivo X300 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
83*
85*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
86*
88*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
75.3
(Good)
Value Index
41.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.31 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 461 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Reinforced Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 90.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.8%
PWM 360 Hz 360 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1060 nits
Vivo X300 +151%
2658 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 150.83 mm (5.94 inches) 150.57 mm (5.93 inches)
Width 71.76 mm (2.83 inches) 71.92 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 7.95 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Purple Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 FE and Vivo X300
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 3800 MHz 4210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
- 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 6 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1024 1536
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 FE and Vivo X300
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2818
Vivo X300 +14%
3204
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9052
Vivo X300 +9%
9874
Compute Score (GPU)
16659
Vivo X300 +53%
25501
Compute Score (GPU) 16659 25501
Single-core score 2818 3204
Multi-core score 9052 9874
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2869139
Vivo X300 +16%
3330801
CPU 861821 981387
GPU 1005345 1256247
Memory 381541 364630
UX 620432 728537
Total score 2869139 3330801
Samples Less than 3 [25 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
n/a
3119
Stability - 57%
Graphics test - 23 FPS
Graphics score - 3119
3DMark Solar Bay
n/a
12817
Graphics test - 49 FPS
Section 1 - 56 FPS
Section 2 - 48 FPS
Section 3 - 42 FPS
Graphics score - 12817
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
n/a
15165
Web score - 14375
Video editing - 5995
Photo editing - 34571
Data manipulation - 12159
Writing score - 22695
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (122nd and 54th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Omar)AnTuTu 123231104
Vivo X300
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Forgolka)AnTuTu 123407758
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Niranjan M)AnTuTu 123402395
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Asura)CPU Throttle70%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Asura)CPU Throttle63%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Asura)AnTuTu 123745245

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5333 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 OriginOS 6
OS size 27 GB -
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 6040 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (48% in 30 min) Yes (67% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 0:48 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 12:36 hr
Watching video - 20:41 hr
Gaming - 07:52 hr
Standby - 107 hr
General battery life
n/a
28:23 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12288
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 110Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.68
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX921 Samsung ISOCELL HPB
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.56 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.6
Focal length 70 mm 70 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony LYT-602
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No 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 2
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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
79.9 dB
Vivo X300 +15%
92.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2026 October 2025
Release date March 2026 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $799
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the gaming and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the Vivo X300 FE.

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