Vivo X300 Pro vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

90 out of 100
Vivo X300 Pro
VS
90 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X300 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on October 13, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 1 month 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 Pro
  • Delivers 162% higher peak brightness (2662 against 1015 nits)
  • Comes with 2258 mAh larger battery capacity: 6510 vs 4252 mAh
  • 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3587K versus 2538K)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 40W)
  • Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (26:48 vs 24:37 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 24% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 3228 points
  • Weighs 20 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
35.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
23.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

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 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Armor Glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% -
PWM 360 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
X300 Pro
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
X300 Pro +162%
2662 nits
1015 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.98 mm (6.38 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 75.48 mm (2.97 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Brown Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3/5) Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4210 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 16 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1716 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 Pro and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3228
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9553
10688
Compute Score (GPU)
27383
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 27383 44342
Single-core score 3228 3992
Multi-core score 9553 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
X300 Pro +41%
3587829
2538751
CPU 1046355 753740
GPU 1382122 926158
Memory 388628 217137
UX 770724 641716
Total score 3587829 2538751
Samples [28 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 53% -
Graphics test 22 FPS -
Graphics score 3036 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 51 FPS -
Section 1 57 FPS -
Section 2 51 FPS -
Section 3 45 FPS -
Graphics score 13426 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14329 -
Video editing 6016 -
Photo editing 36698 -
Data manipulation 14869 -
Writing score 25904 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Pradip)AnTuTu 123930709
📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix)CPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix)AnTuTu 124215102
📘 2026-09-03 (chapix)AnTuTu 113935655
📘 2026-08-28 -> Rlamac012AnTuTu 113729488
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-16 (Anatoli)AnTuTu 112304042
📘 2026-06-03 (Vin)Geekbench 6 CPU3890 / 10107
📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu 112301246
📘 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu 112538751
📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu 112106484

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 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM OriginOS 6 -
OS size 37 GB -
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6510 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 24 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:50 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:30 hr 09:51 hr
Watching video 15:47 hr 19:54 hr
Gaming 07:14 hr 06:49 hr
Standby 81 hr 117 hr
General battery life
24:37 hr
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
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: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.78
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-828 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.8
Focal length 85 mm 100 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPB Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
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
X300 Pro +3%
171
Video quality
169
172
Generic main camera score
X300 Pro +2%
171
Bokeh 180 170
Zoom 159 141
Samples Photo samples of Vivo X300 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 20 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus 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 6.0 6.0
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
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Release date October 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1099
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life is more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300 Pro. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17 Pro.

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