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Vivo X500 vs Vivo X100

91 out of 100
Vivo X500
VS
74 out of 100
Vivo X100
Vivo X500
Vivo X100

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.59-inch Vivo X500 (with MediaTek Dimensity 9600M) that was released on September 21, 2026, against the Vivo X100, 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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  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 X500
  • Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5000 mAh
  • 61% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3930K versus 2447K)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Handles wireless charging up to 40W
  • 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
Reasons to consider the Vivo X100
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 90W)
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X500 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 92% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Vivo X100 to Vivo X500 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Vivo X500
vs
Vivo X100

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2750 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 459 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.1% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming

Design and build

Height 157.01 mm (6.18 inches) 164.05 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 74.49 mm (2.93 inches) 75.19 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.15 mm (0.32 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 217 g (7.65 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Pink White, Black, Blue, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo X500 +1%
91.1%
Vivo X100
90%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X500 and Vivo X100
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9600M 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 X500 and Vivo X100
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo X500 +52%
3314
Vivo X100
2186
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo X500 +40%
10400
Vivo X100
7422
Compute Score (GPU)
Vivo X500
n/a
Vivo X100
15081
Compute Score (GPU) - 15081
Single-core score 3314 2186
Multi-core score 10400 7422
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Vivo X500 +61%
3930719
Vivo X100
2447714
CPU 1004925 740213
GPU 1316839 789881
Memory 477842 362038
UX 731113 555582
Total score 3930719 2447714
Samples Less than 3 [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Vivo X500
n/a
Vivo X100
1877
Stability - 50%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Graphics score - 1877
3DMark Solar Bay
Vivo X500
n/a
Vivo X100
7740
Stability - 53%
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 32 FPS
Section 2 - 30 FPS
Section 3 - 26 FPS
Graphics score - 7740
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Vivo X500
n/a
Vivo X100
4700
Stability - 41%
Graphics test - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 4700
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Vivo X500
n/a
Vivo X100
14063
Web score - 11741
Video editing - 5651
Photo editing - 28882
Data manipulation - 12096
Writing score - 22861
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (40th and 164th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X500
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Vivo X100
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Tú Lê)AnTuTu 122435544
📘 2026-09-22 (memevjppro🐭)AnTuTu 122609259
📘 2026-08-29 (Bhumit)AnTuTu 112262755
📘 2026-08-08 (holu096)Geekbench 6 CPU2186 / 7422
📘 2026-08-08 (holu096)AnTuTu 112517701
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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 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 7500 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 Yes (50% in 11 min)
Full charging time - 0:21 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS 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 119° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 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 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony LYT-828 Sony IMX920
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 64 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.6
Focal length 72 mm 70 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-610 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 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" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 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" (≈ 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 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS 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 -

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced September 2026 November 2023
Release date September 2026 November 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $569
Successor - - Vivo X500
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W 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 X500 is definitely a better buy.

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