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Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Vivo X200 Ultra

90 out of 100
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
VS
88 out of 100
Vivo X200 Ultra
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
Vivo X200 Ultra

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 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 2 months after. 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 (6)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi 15 Ultra
  • Shows 23% longer battery life (30:03 vs 24:25 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 4.3x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Vivo X200 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1800 against 1593 nits)

Review

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

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
18.8
(Bad)
Value Index
37.3
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
15 Ultra
vs
X200 Ultra

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.73 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.8:9
PPI 522 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Xiaomi Shield Glass 2.0 Armor glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 90.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.7% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 121 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
15 Ultra
1593 nits
X200 Ultra +13%
1800 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.3 mm (6.35 inches) 163.14 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 76.76 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 9.35 mm (0.37 inches) 8.69 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 226 g (7.97 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green Black, Silver, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Average (2.61/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
15 Ultra
90%
X200 Ultra
90.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X200 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4320 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Vivo X200 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
15 Ultra +4%
3106
X200 Ultra
2979
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
15 Ultra +4%
9710
X200 Ultra
9353
Compute Score (GPU)
15 Ultra
24339
X200 Ultra +1%
24604
Compute Score (GPU) 24339 24604
Single-core score 3106 2979
Multi-core score 9710 9353
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
15 Ultra
3030376
X200 Ultra +2%
3092340
CPU 912791 819790
GPU 1097348 1185591
Memory 440343 429927
UX 579894 657032
Total score 3030376 3092340
Samples [12 tests] [11 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
15 Ultra
2151
X200 Ultra +19%
2561
Stability 76% 50%
Graphics test 16 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2151 2561
3DMark Solar Bay
15 Ultra
9815
X200 Ultra +21%
11897
Graphics test 37 FPS 45 FPS
Section 1 42 FPS 51 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 32 FPS 39 FPS
Graphics score 9815 11897
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
15 Ultra
5626
X200 Ultra
n/a
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 33 FPS -
Graphics score 5626 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15 Ultra +13%
18823
X200 Ultra
16679
Web score 19993 15343
Video editing 8213 7121
Photo editing 36597 35679
Data manipulation 17882 14476
Writing score 22481 21329
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (97th and 83rd place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi 15 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (average f-4 enjoyer)AnTuTu2993761
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-28 (Mansur)Battery lifeSOT 12:59 / 16:48
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-22 (XX5mipiXX)AnTuTu3108699
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirrGeekBench CPU3127 / 9465
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-27 -> MiEmirrAnTuTu3182610
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Vivo X200 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-01 (Tt_murco730)AnTuTu3172230
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (L_8888)AnTuTu3074394
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-02 (Obsessed)AnTuTu3179659
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 (Π₯зшник)AnTuTu3172230
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-29 (Tijet)AnTuTu3033519
Add View all (11)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
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 OriginOS 6
OS size 23.9 GB -
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 7 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 (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (72% in 30 min) Yes (64% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:49 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:19 hr 12:14 hr
Watching video 18:43 hr 14:52 hr
Gaming 06:45 hr 06:38 hr
Standby 141 hr 95 hr
General battery life
15 Ultra +23%
30:03 hr
X200 Ultra
24:25 hr
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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 115Β° 116Β°
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
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.63 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 35 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-900 Sony LYT-818
Sensor size 1/1.0" (β‰ˆ 1 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 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/2.3
Focal length 100 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP9 Samsung ISOCELL HP9
Sensor size 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 0.71 inch) 1/1.4" (β‰ˆ 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 14 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYT-818
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.22 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
15 Ultra
167
X200 Ultra +4%
173
Video quality
15 Ultra
143
X200 Ultra +9%
156
Generic main camera score
15 Ultra
159
X200 Ultra +5%
167
Bokeh 170 175
Preview 89 -
Zoom 166 159
Samples Photo samples of Xiaomi 15 Ultra from DxOMark Photo samples of Vivo X200 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.5
Focal length 22 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV32B Samsung ISOCELL JN1
Sensor size 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
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
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 Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
15 Ultra +5%
92.1 dB
X200 Ultra
87.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced February 2025 April 2025
Release date February 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $1099
Successor - Xiaomi 17 Ultra -
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, 80 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.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life, connectivity, and software are more important to you, then choose the Xiaomi 15 Ultra. But if the gaming is more of a priority – go for the Vivo X200 Ultra.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
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Total votes: 2133

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DANIEL FARIA December 1, 2025 at 03:26 AM
Man X200 Ultra no eSim That information kills me, i need to buy 15 ultra...
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Singh Leet September 26, 2025 at 05:08 PM
15 Ultra smokes x200 not-Ultra πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ Imagine MediaTek in 2025 πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ Snapdragon 8 Elite wins battle with MediaTek πŸ’€πŸ’€
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Jotaro December 20, 2025 at 03:25 PM
Are you blind? Both devices use the SD elite chipset. Dude...
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Arz April 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
just jump off brotato chip
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RollyGhiz May 5, 2025 at 09:54 AM
The X200 ultra boasts of a pretty outstanding ultrawide cam, while the 15 ultra has it beat when it comes to the main cam. I guess it all boils down to their unique processing styles.
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Singh Leet September 26, 2025 at 05:10 PM
no xiaomi wins 94 versus 93 you blind or something come to mumbai india and heal your eyesπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚
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