Vivo X90 Pro Plus vs X90 Pro

71 out of 100
Vivo X90 Pro Plus
VS
69 out of 100
Vivo X90 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X90 Pro Plus (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on November 22, 2022, against the Vivo X90 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9200. 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 X90 Pro Plus
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1130 against 943 nits)
  • 14% higher pixel density (517 vs 453 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Vivo X90 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 14 versus 13
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2058 and 1773 points

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X90 Pro Plus and X90 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
575.9
(Excellent)
Value Index
601.2
(Excellent)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 517 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.9%
PWM 222 Hz 60 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1130 nits
943 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 164.4 mm (6.47 inches) 164.07 mm (6.46 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 74.53 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 9.7 mm (0.38 inches) 9.34 mm (0.37 inches)
Weight 221 g (7.8 oz) 214.85 g (7.58 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Red Black, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.7%
X90 Pro +1%
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X90 Pro Plus and Vivo X90 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 MediaTek Dimensity 9200
Max clock 3200 MHz 3050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 690
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 ARM Immortalis-G715
GPU shading units 1536 1408
GPU clock 680 MHz 981 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2762.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X90 Pro Plus and Vivo X90 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
X90 Pro +16%
2058
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
X90 Pro +6%
5465
Single-core score 1773 2058
Multi-core score 5153 5465
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1869058
1781240
CPU 589107 574314
GPU 523834 468814
Memory 334950 299490
UX 421167 438622
Total score 1869058 1781240
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
X90 Pro +24%
1351
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 8 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 1093 1351
3DMark Solar Bay
X90 Pro +5%
5571
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 20 FPS 21 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 23 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 22 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 5303 5571
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
3688
3565
Stability 84% 80%
Graphics test 22 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 3688 3565
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
12930
n/a
Web score 9863 -
Video editing 6039 -
Photo editing 33228 -
Data manipulation 9630 -
Writing score 19256 -

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM OriginOS Funtouch OS 13
OS size 37 GB 35 GB

Battery

Capacity 4700 mAh 4870 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 12 min) Yes (50% in 9 min)
Full charging time 0:34 hr 0:24 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:13 hr
Watching video - 12:57 hr
Gaming - 05:37 hr
Standby - 87 hr
General battery life
19:53 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50.3 megapixels 50.3 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 960 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 114° 108°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 48 MP
1) Standard: 50.3 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50.3 MP 50.3 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX989 Sony IMX989
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1" (≈ 1 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 64 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/3.5 f/1.6
Focal length 90 mm 50 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Sony IMX758
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.4" (≈ 0.42 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX598 Sony IMX663
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.93" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.22 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
142
133
Video quality
X90 Pro +3%
133
Generic main camera score
140
136
Bokeh 70 70
Preview 71 71
Zoom 150 141
Samples Photo samples of Vivo X90 Pro Plus from DxOMark Photo samples of Vivo X90 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGD1 Samsung S5KGD1
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 121 -
Video 131 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.3 5.3
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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.4 dB
X90 Pro +2%
92.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2022 November 2022
Release date December 2022 December 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $900 $800
Successor - - Vivo X300 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 120 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display and battery life are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X90 Pro Plus. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Vivo X90 Pro.

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