Vivo X300 vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

89 out of 100
Vivo X300
VS
88 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

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 S25 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
  • Delivers 88% higher peak brightness (2685 against 1428 nits)
  • Comes with 1040 mAh larger battery capacity: 6040 vs 5000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 45W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • Has a 0.59 inch larger screen size
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
42.5
(Average)
Value Index
39.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Reinforced Glass Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 97.7%
PWM 360 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Galaxy S25 Ultra
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
Vivo X300
6.31″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Vivo X300 +88%
2685 nits
1428 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 150.57 mm (5.93 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3/5) Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.3%
92.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4210 MHz 4470 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
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
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1716 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9874
10347
Compute Score (GPU)
25501
26581
Compute Score (GPU) 25501 26581
Single-core score 3204 3202
Multi-core score 9874 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo X300 +6%
3330801
CPU 981387 987646
GPU 1256247 1190760
Memory 364630 362214
UX 728537 587932
Total score 3330801 3128552
Samples [25 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo X300 +37%
3119
Stability 57% 61%
Graphics test 23 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 3119 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo X300 +23%
12817
Graphics test 49 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 56 FPS 50 FPS
Section 2 48 FPS 40 FPS
Section 3 42 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 12817 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 56%
Graphics test - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15165
19901
Web score 14375 21582
Video editing 5995 8625
Photo editing 34571 34425
Data manipulation 12159 17556
Writing score 22695 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (49th and 73rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-07 (Asura)CPU Throttle63%
📘 2026-08-23 (vakiho)AnTuTu3455310
📘 2026-08-22 -> AsuraAnTuTu3524597
📘 2026-08-12 (burmalda)AnTuTu3363428
📘 2026-08-05 (nimuruta)AnTuTu3651353
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-06 (Trexsotiy)Battery lifeSOT 12:30 / 03:16
📘 2026-09-02 -> Mohamed_136Battery lifeSOT 8:02 / 17:11
📘 2026-08-29 (PaWK)AnTuTu3034536
📘 2026-08-23 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu3254557
📘 2026-08-08 (Minh Tùng)AnTuTu2954951

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OriginOS 6 One UI 8.0
OS size - 30.4 GB
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6040 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 45 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, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (67% in 30 min) Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:59 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:36 hr 11:10 hr
Watching video 20:41 hr 19:32 hr
Gaming 07:52 hr 06:22 hr
Standby 107 hr 132 hr
General battery life
28:23 hr
28:43 hr

Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12288 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.68 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPB Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/3.4
Focal length 70 mm 111 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-602 Sony IMX854
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 20 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 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 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 5.4
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, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
92.2 dB
93 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 January 2025
Release date October 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $1299
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 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 Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra.

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