Vivo X300 Ultra vs Huawei Pura 90s 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 Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max, which is powered by HiSilicon Kirin 9030S and came out 4 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 X300 Ultra
  • 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4247K versus 1622K)
  • Delivers 87% higher peak brightness (3334 against 1786 nits)
  • Shows 27% longer battery life (29:11 vs 23:04 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • 3x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3784 and 1269 points
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 Ultra and Huawei Pura 90s 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
39.5
(Mediocre)
Value Index
28.3
(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 1308 x 2880 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 -
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 -
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Screen protection Armor glass Kunlun Glass 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 90.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% -
PWM 110 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
X300 Ultra +87%
3334 nits
1786 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.98 mm (6.42 inches) 164 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 76.81 mm (3.02 inches) 77.1 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 232 g (8.18 oz) 230.5 g (8.13 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green Black, Gold, Orange, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Repairability Good (3/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 Ultra and Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 HiSilicon Kirin 9030S
Max clock 4608 MHz 2700 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.62 GHz: Taishan v124 Little
- 3 cores at 2.15 GHz: Taishan v124 Mid
- 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Taishan v124 Big
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC SMIC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Da Vinci
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Maleoon 935F
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 933 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1433.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 Ultra and Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
X300 Ultra +198%
3784
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
X300 Ultra +158%
11394
Compute Score (GPU)
X300 Ultra +511%
27357
Compute Score (GPU) 27357 4481
Single-core score 3784 1269
Multi-core score 11394 4424
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
X300 Ultra +162%
4247433
CPU 1192014 601782
GPU 1543938 300105
Memory 525105 374029
UX 986376 346833
Total score 4247433 1622749
Samples [2 tests] Less than 3

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Dipshit6769)AnTuTu3835023
📘 2026-08-17 (Razor97FF)GeekBench CPU3784 / 11394
📘 2026-08-17 (Razor97FF)AnTuTu4175239
📘 2026-04-28 (Razor97FF)AnTuTu4247433
Huawei Pura 90s Pro Max
No benchmark results yet

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 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 6 EMUI 16
OS size 60 GB -
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 7 years -

Battery

Capacity 6600 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (80 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (66% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 1:02 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:18 hr 09:34 hr
Watching video 20:51 hr 17:56 hr
Gaming 06:43 hr 05:39 hr
Standby 137 hr 88 hr
General battery life
X300 Ultra +27%
29:11 hr
23:04 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12256 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 116° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 40 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.4 - 4.0
Focal length 35 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-901 -
Sensor size 1/1.12" (≈ 0.89 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.6
Focal length 85 mm 89 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP0 -
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron -
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 40 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Omnivision OV40A
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 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 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4160 x 3120
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL JN5 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 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 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, 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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2026 July 2026
Release date April 2026 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1149
SAR (head) 0.99 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.29 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 Not included Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Vivo X300 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

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