Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro vs Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on December 29, 2023, against the Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus and came out 4 months after. 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 Redmi K70 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 1920FPS
  • 16% higher pixel density (526 vs 453 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Weighs 19 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9S 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
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12 / 256 GB
78.5
(Good)
Value Index
95.4
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3200 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 526 ppi 453 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness 4000 nits 1400 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.1% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 100% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 1 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 160.86 mm (6.33 inches) 163.53 mm (6.44 inches)
Width 74.95 mm (2.95 inches) 75.68 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.21 mm (0.32 inches) 8.34 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 209 g (7.37 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof - IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Blue, Green, Yellow White, Black, Red
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
89.7%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Max clock 3300 MHz 3400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Immortalis-G720 MC12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro and Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 15283
Single-core score 2205 2263
Multi-core score 7192 7578
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2486114
2439634
CPU 762158 765312
GPU 831712 765543
Memory 380179 388241
UX 512065 520538
Total score 2486114 2439634
Samples [5 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 88% 68%
Graphics test 11 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 1531 1869
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 87% -
Graphics test 30 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 30 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 25 FPS 26 FPS
Graphics score 7964 7836
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 84% 57%
Graphics test 26 FPS 30 FPS
Graphics score 4359 5141
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
16826
Web score 15924 11620
Video editing 7967 5655
Photo editing 32755 28878
Data manipulation 15361 11210
Writing score 21205 22589
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (142nd and 149th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-28 (kranika)AnTuTu 112240012
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-19 (x7e.ui)AnTuTu 112531916
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Christos. D)AnTuTu 112486114
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Chris)AnTuTu 112486114
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-17 (Efe Atakan ZORLU)AnTuTu 112434314
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-31 (Paw)Geekbench 6 GPU15283
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-15 (Jaikanth)Geekbench 6 GPU14504
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-15 (Jaikanth)Geekbench 6 CPU2263 / 7578

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 4800 MHz
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 14 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM HyperOS 1.0 OriginOS 5
OS updates - 3 years
Security updates - 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5160 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 7 min) Yes (40% in 9 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 0:21 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:50 hr -
Watching video 14:17 hr -
Gaming 04:49 hr -
Standby 94 hr -
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 1920 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.9
Sensor Omnivision OV50K Light Hunter 800 Sony IMX920
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 Light Hunter 400 -
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) -
Pixel size 0.6 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Sensor Omnivision OV13B10 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Aperture - f/2.5
Sensor Omnivision OV16A1Q CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 5.4 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 - No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, 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
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 December 2023 May 2024
Release date December 2023 May 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $410
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi K80 Pro -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
*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 Redmi K70 Pro. It has a better camera and connectivity.

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