Vivo X300 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Vivo X300 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on March 30, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 7 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 Ultra
  • Delivers 232% higher peak brightness (3309 against 998 nits)
  • Comes with 1512 mAh larger battery capacity: 6600 vs 5088 mAh
  • 64% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4247K versus 2590K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
  • Shows 14% longer battery life (33:14 vs 29:11 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max 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
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12 / 256 GB
39.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
39.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1320 x 2868 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 510 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-144 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Armor glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.9%
PWM 110 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
X300 Ultra +232%
3309 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.98 mm (6.42 inches) 163.4 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.81 mm (3.02 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 233 g (8.22 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3/5) Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4608 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11394
Compute Score (GPU)
27357
46450
Compute Score (GPU) 27357 46450
Single-core score 3784 3940
Multi-core score 11394 10434
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
X300 Ultra +64%
4247433
CPU 1192014 788283
GPU 1543938 922741
Memory 525105 226010
UX 986376 653533
Total score 4247433 2590567
Samples [2 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 2487
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 42 FPS
Section 1 - 47 FPS
Section 2 - 42 FPS
Section 3 - 36 FPS
Graphics score - 10999
Sources: 3DMark [5]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (Dipshit6769)AnTuTu3835023
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Razor97FF)GeekBench CPU3784 / 11394
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (Razor97FF)AnTuTu4175239
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-28 (Razor97FF)AnTuTu4247433
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (xon1005)GeekBench CPU4028 / 10579
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Domi)AnTuTu2427596
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 (Cristiano)AnTuTu2258714
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-29 (Joker)AnTuTu2433128
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-16 (Duy Dang)GeekBench GPU46574

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 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 60 GB 20 GB
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6600 mAh 5088 mAh
Max charge power 100 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 Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (66% in 30 min) Yes (65% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 1:12 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 12:36 hr
Watching video 20:51 hr 22:25 hr
Gaming 06:43 hr 08:17 hr
Standby 137 hr 154 hr
General battery life
29:11 hr
33:14 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12256 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 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 116Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 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
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.78
Focal length 35 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-901 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.12" (β‰ˆ 0.89 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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 HP0 Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 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 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 180 -
Zoom 172 -
Samples Photo samples of Vivo X300 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.5 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL JN5 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 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 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 Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2026 September 2025
Release date April 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1199
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.29 W/kg -
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 Max:
    - Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
    - The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

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

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Paul2012 July 28, 2026 at 01:13 PM
Vivo phones are the best
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IPhone glizzie gobler June 29, 2026 at 10:41 AM
IPhone better broπŸ˜”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”πŸ’”
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luqi May 27, 2026 at 11:39 PM
the only reason to go for the IPhone 17PM is now UWB, probably better ecosystem/software experience but other than that Vivo is better
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LGs May 7, 2026 at 02:21 PM
X300 support e-sim, Screen to body ratio on iPhone is 90.7%, iPhone no use OIS on selfie.
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Serhii May 8, 2026 at 06:13 AM
Thank you for a useful comment, i will check specs.
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