Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max vs Vivo X300 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.9-inch Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 23, 2025, against the Vivo X300 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9500. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

Select the amount of RAM to evaluate performance and value for money more precisely
Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max
  • Comes with 1050 mAh larger battery capacity: 7560 vs 6510 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 90W)
  • 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3687 and 3228 points
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300 Pro
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max and Vivo X300 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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Select your primary usage scenario to get a more accurate NanoReview Score
📱 Primary usage:

Value for money (Beta)

To get an accurate value-for-money index, update the default prices with actual prices from your country’s retailers (for the selected memory configs) and press the "Calculate" button.
Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
101.2
(Excellent)
Value Index
35.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.9 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1200 x 2608 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 416 ppi 452 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness - 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Xiaomi Dragon Crystal Glass Armor Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.9% 90.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.7%
PWM - 360 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
2643 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.33 mm (6.43 inches) 161.98 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 77.82 mm (3.06 inches) 75.48 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 7.99 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Blue, Brown
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
91.9%
90.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max and Vivo X300 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Max clock 4600 MHz 4210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 2.7 GHz: C1-Pro
- 3 cores at 3.5 GHz: C1-Premium
- 1 core at 4.21 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 990
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G1 Ultra MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1716 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~5271.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max and Vivo X300 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3687
3228
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11219
9553
Compute Score (GPU)
27658
27383
Compute Score (GPU) 27658 27383
Single-core score 3687 3228
Multi-core score 11219 9553
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3897821
3587829
CPU 1131610 1046355
GPU 1407372 1382122
Memory 516269 388628
UX 842570 770724
Total score 3897821 3587829
Samples [3 tests] [28 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
X300 Pro +16%
3036
Stability 78% 53%
Graphics test 19 FPS 22 FPS
Graphics score 2613 3036
3DMark Solar Bay
X300 Pro +9%
13426
Graphics test 47 FPS 51 FPS
Section 1 54 FPS 57 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS 51 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS 45 FPS
Graphics score 12330 13426
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 38 FPS -
Graphics score 6490 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
18083
16703
Web score 15760 14329
Video editing 8107 6016
Photo editing 35534 36698
Data manipulation 18051 14869
Writing score 23843 25904
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (25th and 34th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-03 (Xioami)GeekBench CPU3713 / 11324
📘 2026-09-03 (DARK)GeekBench CPU3760 / 11149
📘 2026-08-18 (Xiaomi User)GeekBench CPU3685 / 11205
📘 2026-08-17 (WoW !!)GeekBench CPU3676 / 11184
📘 2026-08-12 (Kazuki)AnTuTu3699282
Vivo X300 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix)CPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-03 (chapix)AnTuTu3935655
📘 2026-08-28 -> Rlamac012AnTuTu3729488
📘 2026-08-16 (chapix)AnTuTu3884886
📘 2026-07-30 (ria)AnTuTu3617138

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 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM HyperOS 3 OriginOS 6
OS size - 37 GB
OS updates - 5 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7560 mAh 6510 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 90 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable Yes No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (40 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (55% in 24 min)
Full charging time - 0:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 13:30 hr
Watching video - 15:47 hr
Gaming - 07:14 hr
Standby - 81 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x 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 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 102° 119°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.6
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Omnivision Light Hunter 950 Sony LYT-828
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/3.0 f/2.7
Focal length 115 mm 85 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL HPB
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.56 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 18 mm 15 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 180
Zoom - 159
Samples - Photo samples of Vivo X300 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/3.44" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 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 5.4 6.0
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers 2.1 Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 October 2025
Release date October 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $560 $899
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300 Pro. But if the battery life, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the Xiaomi Redmi K90 Pro Max.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
13 (50%)
13 (50%)
Total votes: 26

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!