Vivo X500 Pro vs X100 Pro
91
out of 100
VS
79
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.36-inch Vivo X500 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro) that was released on September 21, 2026, against the Vivo X100 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 and came out 2 years and 11 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 X500 Pro
- 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (5016K versus 2450K)
- Comes with 1110 mAh larger battery capacity: 6510 vs 5400 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- The phone is 2 years and 11 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Vivo X100 Pro
- The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
- Has a 0.42 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
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 | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.36 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2660 pixels | 1260 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 453 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-144 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| 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 | Armor Glass | Corning Gorilla Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 369 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
X100 Pro
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
X500 Pro
6.36″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.4 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 151.78 mm (5.98 inches) | 164.05 mm (6.46 inches) |
| Width | 71.92 mm (2.83 inches) | 75.28 mm (2.96 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.95 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.91 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 192 g (6.77 oz) | 225 g (7.94 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Silver, Orange | White, Black, Blue, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 9600 Pro | MediaTek Dimensity 9300 |
| Max clock | 4550 MHz | 3250 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 3 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| 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 |
- 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 | 2 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | MediaTek NPU 1090 | MediaTek NPU 790 |
| Graphics | Mali-G2 Ultra NX MP12 | Immortalis-G720 MC12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1800 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~5529.6 GFLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 29102 | 14742 |
| Single-core score | 4055 | 2141 |
| Multi-core score | 11616 | 7010 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1457703 | 729780 |
| GPU | 1937843 | 860537 |
| Memory | 508043 | 356464 |
| UX | 1123034 | 504205 |
| Total score | 5016623 | 2450986 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 68% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1814 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 64% |
| Graphics test | - | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 32 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 25 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 7667 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 66% |
| Graphics test | - | 27 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4592 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 11968 |
| Video editing | - | 5599 |
| Photo editing | - | 29205 |
| Data manipulation | - | 12432 |
| Writing score | - | 22989 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (5th and 163rd place)
Recent User Tests
Vivo X500 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Vivo X100 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 12 | 2711576 |
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich.cz) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-08-10 (Mnich) | AnTuTu 11 | 2575927 |
| 📘 2026-06-07 (Kelol6554) | AnTuTu 11 | 2422700 |
| 📘 2026-04-11 (Chin) | AnTuTu 11 | 2252279 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 17 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | OriginOS 7 | Funtouch 15 |
| OS updates | 5 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6510 mAh | 5400 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (40 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes (60% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | - | 0:31 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 09:38 hr |
| Watching video | - | 14:53 hr |
| Gaming | - | 06:25 hr |
| Standby | - | 94 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 4.3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 960 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 119° | 119° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYTIA L910 | Sony IMX989 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) | 1/0.98" (≈ 1.02 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.6 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 85 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYTIA L610 | Omnivision OV64B |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | - | 155 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Vivo X100 Pro from DxOMark |
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" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.8" (≈ 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 | 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 |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2026 | November 2023 |
| Release date | October 2026 | November 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1299 | $800 |
| Successor | - | - Vivo X500 Pro |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on X100 Pro:
- The top version (with 16 GB) comes with LPDDR5T memory, while the others feature 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 X500 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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