Vivo X90 Pro Plus vs 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
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| 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 |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 222 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
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
Performance
| 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 |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | ARM Immortalis-G715 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1408 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 981 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~2762.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 1773 | 2058 |
| Multi-core score | 5153 | 5465 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1093 | 1351 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| 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
| Stability | 84% | 80% |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3688 | 3565 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9863 | - |
| Video editing | 6039 | - |
| Photo editing | 33228 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9630 | - |
| Writing score | 19256 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 |
| Web browsing | - | 08:13 hr |
| Watching video | - | 12:57 hr |
| Gaming | - | 05:37 hr |
| Standby | - | 87 hr |
General battery life
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| 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 |
| 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
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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