ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra vs Oppo Find X9 Pro
88
out of 100
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93
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 22, 2025, against the Oppo Find X9 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 Z80 Ultra
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3942K versus 3508K)
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (2204 against 1795 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 80W)
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X9 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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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 | 1264 x 2780 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 431 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 1800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 3600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 960 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.2% | 90% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 98.3% |
| PWM | - | 354 Hz |
| Response time | - | 7 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 164.5 mm (6.48 inches) | 161.26 mm (6.35 inches) |
| Width | 77.2 mm (3.04 inches) | 76.46 mm (3.01 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 227 g (8.01 oz) | 224 g (7.9 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Blue, Red, Yellow | White, Gray, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.44/5) | Good (3.82/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | Good (C) · 90 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 4.74 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 25047 | 26944 |
| Single-core score | 3570 | 3422 |
| Multi-core score | 10974 | 10065 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1199636 | 1098383 |
| GPU | 1409420 | 1275843 |
| Memory | 511039 | 378116 |
| UX | 822828 | 756339 |
| Total score | 3942923 | 3508681 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [17 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 52% |
| Graphics test | 23 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Graphics score | 3091 | 3009 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 51 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 55 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 52 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 43 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 13319 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 31969 | 11183 |
| Video editing | 8959 | 5850 |
| Photo editing | 59556 | 22747 |
| Data manipulation | 18671 | 13395 |
| Writing score | 39103 | 19055 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (31st and 51st place)
Recent User Tests
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-18 (Blade) | AnTuTu 11 | 3618022 |
| 📘 2026-05-11 (Deadcongregation) | AnTuTu 11 | 4147001 |
| 📘 2026-04-20 (Zaibatsu) | AnTuTu 11 | 3943987 |
| 📘 2026-03-23 (rvs) | AnTuTu 11 | 3723890 |
| 📘 2026-01-03 (Dr_Coungrations) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 25047 |
Oppo Find X9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-29 -> StevenS | AnTuTu 12 | 3322691 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (7kxlz) | AnTuTu 12 | 3626063 |
| 📘 2026-07-26 -> FrostbyteX | AnTuTu 11 | 3454088 |
| 📘 2026-07-14 (7kxlz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3520797 |
| 📘 2026-05-23 (Valerij) | AnTuTu 11 | 3562181 |
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 | MyOS | ColorOS 16 |
| OS size | - | 58 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7200 mAh | 7500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (80 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (73% in 30 min) | Yes (54% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:47 hr | 1:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1300 cycles |
| Web browsing | 14:17 hr | 19:04 hr |
| Watching video | 23:46 hr | 25:00 hr |
| Gaming | 09:05 hr | 10:24 hr |
| Standby | 143 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (18th and 13th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2.7x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 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 - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 35 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV990 Light and Shadow Master | Sony LYT-828 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.1 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 70 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV64B | Samsung ISOCELL HP5 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.5 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 18 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50E | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 180 |
| Zoom | - | 131 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Oppo Find X9 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 | 24 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV16E | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| 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 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 | 6.0 | 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 | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Release date | October 2025 | October 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $1299 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 80 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 Oppo Find X9 Pro. It has a better camera and sound.
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