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Vivo X300 vs Vivo X100

89 out of 100
Vivo X300
VS
74 out of 100
Vivo X100
Vivo X300
Vivo X100

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 Vivo X100, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300
  • Comes with 1040 mAh larger battery capacity: 6040 vs 5000 mAh
  • 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3330K versus 2447K)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Vivo X100
  • Has a 0.47 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X300 and Vivo X100 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
42.5
(Average)
Value Index
23.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Vivo X300
vs
Vivo X100

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.31 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Reinforced Glass Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% -
PWM 360 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Vivo X100
6.78β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
Vivo X300
6.31β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Vivo X300
2658 nits
Vivo X100
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.57 mm (5.93 inches) 164.05 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) 75.19 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Red, Pink, Purple White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3/5) -
Drop resistance Very good (B) Β· 180 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo X300
90.3%
Vivo X100
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X300 and Vivo X100
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9500 MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Max clock 4210 MHz 3250 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 990 MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 Immortalis-G720 MC12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1716 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X300 and Vivo X100
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo X300 +47%
3204
Vivo X100
2186
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo X300 +33%
9874
Vivo X100
7422
Compute Score (GPU)
Vivo X300 +69%
25501
Vivo X100
15081
Compute Score (GPU) 25501 15081
Single-core score 3204 2186
Multi-core score 9874 7422
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo X300 +36%
3330801
Vivo X100
2447714
CPU 981387 740213
GPU 1256247 789881
Memory 364630 362038
UX 728537 555582
Total score 3330801 2447714
Samples [25 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo X300 +66%
3119
Vivo X100
1877
Stability 57% 50%
Graphics test 23 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 3119 1877
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo X300 +66%
12817
Vivo X100
7740
Stability - 53%
Graphics test 49 FPS 29 FPS
Section 1 56 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 48 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 42 FPS 26 FPS
Graphics score 12817 7740
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo X300
n/a
Vivo X100
4700
Stability - 41%
Graphics test - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 4700
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Vivo X300 +8%
15165
Vivo X100
14063
Web score 14375 11741
Video editing 5995 5651
Photo editing 34571 28882
Data manipulation 12159 12096
Writing score 22695 22861
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (49th and 141st place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X300
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Asura)CPU Throttle70%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Asura)CPU Throttle63%
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (vakiho)AnTuTu3455310
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 -> AsuraAnTuTu3524597
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (burmalda)AnTuTu3363428
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Vivo X100
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Bhumit)AnTuTu2262755
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-08 (holu096)GeekBench CPU2186 / 7422
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-08 (holu096)AnTuTu2517701
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (lnz)GeekBench CPU2253 / 7347
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (lnz)AnTuTu2447714
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 MHz 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OriginOS 6 Funtouch 15
OS updates 5 years 3 years
Security updates - 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6040 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (67% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 11 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:21 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:36 hr -
Watching video 20:41 hr -
Gaming 07:52 hr -
Standby 107 hr -
General battery life
Vivo X300
28:23 hr
Vivo X100
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12288 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
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 (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.68 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPB Sony IMX920
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.49" (β‰ˆ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.6
Focal length 70 mm 70 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-602 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 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/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 15 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 20 mm 20 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KGD2
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness
Vivo X300
92.2 dB
Vivo X100
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 November 2023
Release date October 2025 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $569
Successor - - Vivo X300
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on Vivo X100:
    - The top version with 16 GB of RAM comes with LPDDR5T memory type, while the others utilize LPDDR5X.
*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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
7 (53.8%)
6 (46.2%)
Total votes: 13

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