Vivo X500 Pro Max vs Oppo Find X9 Ultra

95 out of 100
Vivo X500 Pro Max
VS
96 out of 100
Oppo Find X9 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch Vivo X500 Pro Max (with MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro) that was released on September 21, 2026, against the Oppo Find X9 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 5 months before. 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 X500 Pro Max
  • Comes with 950 mAh larger battery capacity: 8000 vs 7050 mAh
  • 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4838K versus 4231K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 4172 and 3536 points
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X500 Pro Max and Oppo Find X9 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
37.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.8:9
PPI 507 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-144 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4400 nits 3600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Armor Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.5%
PWM - 90 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
3353 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.32 mm (6.43 inches) 163.16 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 76.82 mm (3.02 inches) 76.97 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) 8.65 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 225 g (7.94 oz) 235 g (8.29 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Orange White, Green, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X500 Pro Max and Oppo Find X9 Ultra
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4550 MHz 4600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 3 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 3.1 GHz: C2-Pro
- 3 cores at 4.35 GHz: C2-Pro
- 2 cores at 4.55 GHz: C2-Ultra
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 2 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 1090 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1800 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~5529.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X500 Pro Max and Oppo Find X9 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
4172
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12688
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 27916
Single-core score 4172 3536
Multi-core score 12688 10744
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4838033
4231988
CPU 1388289 1184661
GPU 1881401 1577144
Memory 488503 509054
UX 1079840 961129
Total score 4838033 4231988
Samples Less than 3 [5 tests]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (3rd and 12th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X500 Pro Max
No benchmark results yet
Oppo Find X9 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu 114231988
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)Geekbench 6 GPU23623
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)Geekbench 6 CPU3536 / 10744
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (KY.w)AnTuTu 113766077
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (IlyaLub)AnTuTu 114231988

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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 16
ROM OriginOS 7 ColorOS 16
OS size - 31.6 GB
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 7 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 8000 mAh 7050 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:45 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 16:45 hr
Watching video - 26:15 hr
Gaming - 08:23 hr
Standby - 144 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 10x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 119Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.5
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-910 Sony LYTIA-901
Sensor size 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch) 1/1.12" (β‰ˆ 0.89 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.2
Focal length 85 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 OmniVision OV52A
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 15 mm 14 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYTIA-600
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 185
Zoom - 173
Samples - Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6128
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 20 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung ISOCELL JN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
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 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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 April 2026
Release date September 2026 May 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $1299 $1299
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the Oppo Find X9 Ultra.

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