Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra vs Vivo iQOO 13

84 out of 100
Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra
VS
86 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus) that was released on June 26, 2025, against the Vivo iQOO 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 8 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 Redmi K80 Ultra
  • Comes with 1260 mAh larger battery capacity: 7410 vs 6150 mAh
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 13
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 14% higher pixel density (510 vs 447 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra and Vivo iQOO 13 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
102.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
62.1
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2772 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 447 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-144 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3200 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Schott Xensation Alpha
Screen-to-body ratio 90% 89.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
1813 nits

Design and build

Height 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) 163.37 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 76.71 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.13 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 219 g (7.72 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Gray, Blue, Green White, Black, Silver, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra and Vivo iQOO 13
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3630 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.73 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra and Vivo iQOO 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 13 +5%
3008
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 13 +1%
9297
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 13 +4%
24763
Compute Score (GPU) 23887 24763
Single-core score 2877 3008
Multi-core score 9174 9297
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2926668
iQOO 13 +8%
3150555
CPU 880310 903944
GPU 988809 1153744
Memory 415150 415491
UX 642399 677376
Total score 2926668 3150555
Samples [16 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 77%
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Graphics score - 2509
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 44 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 44 FPS
Section 3 - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 11463
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 6250
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 14234
Video editing - 6801
Photo editing - 39527
Data manipulation - 13253
Writing score - 20704
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (110th and 70th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi K80 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (DinoXSMAX)AnTuTu3046337
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (DinoXs)AnTuTu3046337
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-30 (TinHtunOo)AnTuTu2906635
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (Z)AnTuTu2829918
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-01 (Umar Nizamani)GeekBench CPU2877 / 9174
Vivo iQOO 13
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Kh)AnTuTu3166164
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (ShiNo_Maebure)AnTuTu3090760
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Edward)AnTuTu3239284
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-10 (Vyshnav K S)AnTuTu3224010
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (E-RUL)AnTuTu3186912

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 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 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM HyperOS 2.0 Funtouch 16
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7410 mAh 6150 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 14:22 hr
Watching video - 17:57 hr
Gaming - 08:12 hr
Standby - 129 hr
General battery life
30:28 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
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 119Β° 119Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50 Light Hunter 800 Sony IMX921
Sensor size 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/1.9
Focal length - 50 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX816
Sensor size - 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length - 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 20 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 28 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV20B GalaxyCore GC32E1
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus - No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) 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) 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
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - 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* No No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio - No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 October 2024
Release date June 2025 November 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $399 $650
Successor - - Vivo iQOO 15
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on iQOO 13:
    - Only the 16/512 GB variant has UFS 4.1 storage; the rest use UFS 4.0.
*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 Vivo iQOO 13.

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