ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro vs Vivo X300 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on November 3, 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.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro
- Shows 38% longer battery life (33:56 vs 24:37 hours)
- Comes with 990 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6510 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4117K versus 3587K)
- 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3693 and 3228 points
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Vivo X300 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Delivers 35% higher peak brightness (2643 against 1956 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
Review
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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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.85 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1216 x 2688 pixels | 1260 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 431 ppi | 452 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 4500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 960 Hz | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | Armor Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.4% | 90.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.7% |
| PWM | - | 360 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.82 mm (6.45 inches) | 161.98 mm (6.38 inches) |
| Width | 76.54 mm (3.01 inches) | 75.48 mm (2.97 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 230 g (8.11 oz) | 226 g (7.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IPX8 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Active fan | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver | 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
Performance
| 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 4.61 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 |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | Mali-G1 Ultra MP12 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 1200 MHz | 1716 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3686.4 GFLOPS | ~5271.5 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 28503 | 27383 |
| Single-core score | 3693 | 3228 |
| Multi-core score | 11818 | 9553 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1193059 | 1046355 |
| GPU | 1514949 | 1382122 |
| Memory | 507882 | 388628 |
| UX | 901348 | 770724 |
| Total score | 4117238 | 3587829 |
| Samples | [16 tests] | [28 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 53% |
| Graphics test | - | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3036 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 51 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 57 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 51 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 45 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 13426 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 14329 |
| Video editing | - | 6016 |
| Photo editing | - | 36698 |
| Data manipulation | - | 14869 |
| Writing score | - | 25904 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (13th and 34th place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Stefan) | AnTuTu | 4138157 |
| 📘 2026-04-09 (Winex) | AnTuTu | 3844423 |
| 📘 2026-04-01 (Ckima) | AnTuTu | 4092254 |
| 📘 2026-03-30 (Андрей) | AnTuTu | 4117238 |
| 📘 2026-03-20 (YuCry) | AnTuTu | 4072327 |
Vivo X300 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 (tiktok: @anonchapix) | CPU Throttle | 81% |
| 📘 2026-09-03 (chapix) | AnTuTu | 3935655 |
| 📘 2026-08-28 -> Rlamac012 | AnTuTu | 3729488 |
| 📘 2026-08-16 (chapix) | AnTuTu | 3884886 |
| 📘 2026-07-30 (ria) | AnTuTu | 3617138 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 5333 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 | Redmagic OS 11 | OriginOS 6 |
| OS size | - | 37 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7500 mAh | 6510 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 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 | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (71% in 30 min) | Yes (55% in 24 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:55 hr | 0:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:36 hr | 13:30 hr |
| Watching video | 24:02 hr | 15:47 hr |
| Gaming | 09:01 hr | 07:14 hr |
| Standby | 136 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#20th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3.7x |
| Flash | 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 | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 119° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50E40 | Sony LYT-828 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 200 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.7 |
| Focal length | - | 85 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung ISOCELL HPB |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.56 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50E40 | 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 |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV02F10 | - |
| Stabilization | No | - |
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 | 16 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV16E1Q | Samsung S5KJN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| 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/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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | November 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | November 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $899 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 80 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, connectivity, and design are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X300 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro.
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