Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Vivo X200 Pro

90 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
VS
84 out of 100
Vivo X200 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.73-inch Xiaomi 15 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on February 27, 2025, against the Vivo X200 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400 and came out 4 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Ultra
  • Shows 21% longer battery life (30:03 vs 24:55 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 15% higher pixel density (522 vs 452 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3106 and 2686 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo X200 Pro
  • Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (2049 against 1609 nits)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X200 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
18.8
(Bad)
Value Index
42.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 522 ppi 452 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0 Armor Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1609 nits
X200 Pro +27%
2049 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 162.36 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.92 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 9.35 mm (0.37 inches) 8.49 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 228 g (8.04 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green White, Black, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90%
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X200 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite MediaTek Dimensity 9400
Max clock 4320 MHz 3620 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 890
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Immortalis-G925 MC12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1612 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X200 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15 Ultra +16%
3106
2686
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15 Ultra +16%
9710
8366
Compute Score (GPU)
15 Ultra +14%
24339
21444
Compute Score (GPU) 24339 21444
Single-core score 3106 2686
Multi-core score 9710 8366
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15 Ultra +7%
3030376
2825187
CPU 912791 900074
GPU 1097348 972096
Memory 440343 345330
UX 579894 607687
Total score 3030376 2825187
Samples [12 tests] [22 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2151
X200 Pro +10%
2371
Stability 76% 61%
Graphics test 16 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2151 2371
3DMark Solar Bay
9815
X200 Pro +6%
10432
Graphics test 37 FPS 40 FPS
Section 1 42 FPS 44 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 32 FPS 34 FPS
Graphics score 9815 10432
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
5626
X200 Pro +9%
6122
Stability 85% 65%
Graphics test 33 FPS 36 FPS
Graphics score 5626 6122
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15 Ultra +23%
18823
15327
Web score 19993 13701
Video editing 8213 5803
Photo editing 36597 35653
Data manipulation 17882 13567
Writing score 22481 23556
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (97th and 119th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-07 (average f-4 enjoyer)AnTuTu2993761
📘 2026-06-28 (Mansur)Battery lifeSOT 12:59 / 16:48
📘 2026-02-22 (XX5mipiXX)AnTuTu3108699
📘 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirrGeekBench CPU3127 / 9465
📘 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirrAnTuTu3182610
Vivo X200 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-01 -> DlackAnTuTu2847396
📘 2026-08-01 (Dlack)AnTuTu2847396
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)GeekBench GPU23591
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)GeekBench CPU2432 / 8113
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)AnTuTu2775367

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 3.0 Funtouch OS 16
OS size 23.9 GB -
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 7 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 5410 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (30 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (73% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:46 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:19 hr 12:47 hr
Watching video 18:43 hr 16:41 hr
Gaming 06:45 hr 07:44 hr
Standby 141 hr 85 hr
General battery life
15 Ultra +21%
30:03 hr
24:55 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 4.3x Optical, 3.7x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
5) Depth
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.63 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony LYT-818
Sensor size 1/1.0" (≈ 1 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.7
Focal length 100 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP9 Samsung ISOCELL HP9
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 0.56 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 14 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
167
n/a
Video quality
143
n/a
Generic main camera score
159
n/a
Bokeh 170 -
Preview 89 -
Zoom 166 -
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 22 mm 20 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Samsung S5KKD1
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No 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
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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
92.1 dB
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2025 October 2024
Release date February 2025 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $847
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra - Vivo X300 Pro
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Yes, 90 W
Further details
Notes on 15 Ultra:
    - The Chinese version of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra has a 6000 mAh battery, while the international model comes with 5410 mAh, leading to a noticeable difference in battery life.
Notes on X200 Pro:
    - The black model is thinner (8.2 mm) and lighter (223g).
*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 Xiaomi 15 Ultra. It has a better display, camera, performance, battery life, connectivity, software, and sound.

Cast your vote

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611 (73.3%)
222 (26.7%)
Total votes: 833

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Random April 15, 2025 at 07:48 AM
The only way I could do that was if you had to do a lot more work and then you would be done by yourself so you would be fine and then I could
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El Chapo March 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wait for the vivo x200 ultra
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LGs’ evil twin March 8, 2025 at 07:55 PM
Wait for this wait for that
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El Android March 17, 2025 at 03:49 AM
LGs’ evil twin, Well, Ultra vs Pro and it is comparable.. So yeah, anything wrong about waiting for Ultra vs Ultra in April?
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Aniket March 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Don't cry that's the reality you have accept this
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Bobo April 2, 2025 at 07:06 AM
Then wait for Pixel 10 Pro XL, Then wait for iPhone 17 Pro Max, Then Wait for S26 Ultra, Then wait and wait and wait
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