Vivo X300 vs Samsung Galaxy S20
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.31-inch Vivo X300 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9500) that was released on October 13, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S20, which is powered by Exynos 9 Octa 990 and came out 5 years and 9 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
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
- 3.7x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3330K versus 907K)
- Delivers 227% higher peak brightness (2679 against 820 nits)
- Shows 76% longer battery life (28:23 vs 16:07 hours)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Comes with 2040 mAh larger battery capacity: 6040 vs 4000 mAh
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
- The phone is 5 years and 9 months newer
- More energy-efficient CPU – Dimensity 9500
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S20
- 22% higher pixel density (563 vs 460 PPI)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1000GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 27 grams less
Review
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | Dynamic AMOLED |
| Size | 6.31 inches | 6.2 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2640 pixels | 1440 x 3200 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 563 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 300 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Reinforced Glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.3% | 88.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 242 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 150.57 mm (5.93 inches) | 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) |
| Width | 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) | 69.1 mm (2.72 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 190 g (6.7 oz) | 163 g (5.75 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple | Gray, Blue, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Very good (B) · 180 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9500 | Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 990 |
| Max clock | 4210 MHz | 3020 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 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 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A76 - 2 cores at 2.73 GHz: Exynos M5 |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 2 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 990 | Yes |
| Graphics | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 | Mali-G77 MP11 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 352 |
| GPU clock | 1716 MHz | 832 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS | ~585.7 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 25501 | - |
| Single-core score | 3204 | 996 |
| Multi-core score | 9874 | 2914 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 981387 | 370196 |
| GPU | 1256247 | 130687 |
| Memory | 364630 | 151878 |
| UX | 728537 | 254379 |
| Total score | 3330801 | 907140 |
| Samples | [25 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 57% | 73% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 3 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3119 | 391 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 56 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 48 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 42 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 12817 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1414 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14375 | 9900 |
| Video editing | 5995 | 5850 |
| Photo editing | 34571 | 32007 |
| Data manipulation | 12159 | 8870 |
| Writing score | 22695 | 13632 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#57th place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X300
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-20 (Forgolka) | AnTuTu 12 | 3407758 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Niranjan M) | AnTuTu 12 | 3402395 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Asura) | CPU Throttle | 70% |
| 📘 2026-09-07 (Asura) | CPU Throttle | 63% |
| 📘 2026-09-05 (Asura) | AnTuTu 12 | 3745245 |
Samsung Galaxy S20
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-17 -> wrath | AnTuTu 11 | 953700 |
| 📘 2026-06-16 (Wrath) | AnTuTu 11 | 907140 |
| 📘 2026-03-26 (Soulsinho) | AnTuTu 11 | 888046 |
| 📘 2026-01-20 (minxvix) | AnTuTu 11 | 876396 |
| 📘 2024-09-21 (Muhammad Abdullah Haider) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 996 / 2914 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.0 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1000 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | OriginOS 6 | One UI 5.1 |
| OS size | - | 20.1 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | - | 4 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6040 mAh | 4000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (67% in 30 min) | Yes (100% in 75 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 12:36 hr | 06:49 hr |
| Watching video | 20:41 hr | 10:33 hr |
| Gaming | 07:52 hr | 04:30 hr |
| Standby | 107 hr | 69 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 16320 x 12288 | 4000 x 3000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 1.1x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 24FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.68 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HPB | Samsung S5K2LD |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 29 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-602 | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung S5K2LA |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 10 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 2592 x 3872 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | Yes |
| LTE Cat* | - | 22 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
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 2025 | February 2020 |
| Release date | October 2025 | March 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $999 |
| Successor | - | - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.28 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.52 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*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 is definitely a better buy.
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