ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra vs Red Magic 10 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on November 21, 2024, against the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro, which is powered by the same chip. 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 ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 2.7x optical zoom
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
  • Shows 41% longer battery life (28:35 vs 20:13 hours)
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 7050 vs 6150 mAh
  • Delivers 16% higher peak brightness (1584 against 1369 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port

Review

Evaluation of ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra and Red Magic 10 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
50.0
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Value Index
54.7
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.85 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2688 pixels 1216 x 2688 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 431 ppi 431 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 960 Hz 960 Hz
Screen protection Longxi glass (gen 2) Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
1369 nits
1584 nits

Design and build

Height 164.3 mm (6.47 inches) 163.42 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.1 mm (3.04 inches) 76.14 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 228 g (8.04 oz) 229 g (8.08 oz)
Waterproof IP69 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Active fan
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Yellow White, Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Average (2.64/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra and ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
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 ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra and ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 22367 24877
Single-core score 3126 3042
Multi-core score 9635 9377
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 893474 989054
GPU 1133808 1141247
Memory 427210 441194
UX 671910 720602
Total score 3126402 3292097
Samples [4 tests] [10 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 81% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2478 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 42 FPS -
Section 1 48 FPS -
Section 2 42 FPS -
Section 3 36 FPS -
Graphics score 11171 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
Web score 32362 -
Video editing 9079 -
Photo editing 62721 -
Data manipulation 16347 -
Writing score 36364 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (88th and 64th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-25 (Nubia z70 ultra)AnTuTu 113051887
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-17 (axeds93)AnTuTu 113123652
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-15 (Dyszor)AnTuTu 113126402
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Yan)AnTuTu 113179148
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Nettzy)AnTuTu 123489328
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-07 (Nhatajkys)AnTuTu 113418489
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-02 (Ao Haimiya)AnTuTu 113330988
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-29 (ZeNn1X)AnTuTu 113199560
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-14 (SSupreme)AnTuTu 113320025

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock - 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15
ROM NebulaAI OS Redmagic OS 10
OS updates 3 years 3 years
Security updates 3 years 3 years

Battery

Capacity 6150 mAh 7050 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (84% in 30 min) Yes (91% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:42 hr 0:35 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:27 hr 11:38 hr
Watching video 14:09 hr 14:39 hr
Gaming 06:28 hr 09:17 hr
Standby 81 hr 144 hr
General battery life
20:13 hr
28:35 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 2.7x Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 122Β° 122Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 - 4.0 f/1.9
Focal length 35 mm 18 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 OmniVision OV50E40
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.55" (β‰ˆ 0.65 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 64 MP -
Aperture f/2.5 -
Focal length 70 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV64B -
Sensor size 1/2.0" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 Light Hunter 400 Omnivision OV50D40
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.61 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - Omnivision OV02F10
Sensor size - 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - No

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.0
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor CMOS OmniVision OV16E1Q
Sensor size 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 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 Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced November 2024 November 2024
Release date November 2024 December 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $729 $649
Successor - ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra - ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life and sound are more important to you, then choose the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro. But if the camera and design are more of a priority – go for the ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra.

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