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Sony Xperia 10 V vs Xperia 10 IV

50 out of 100
Sony Xperia 10 V
VS
45 out of 100
Sony Xperia 10 IV
Sony Xperia 10 V
Sony Xperia 10 IV

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.1-inch Sony Xperia 10 V (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 695) that was released on May 11, 2023, against the Sony Xperia 10 IV, which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 10 V
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Delivers 39% higher peak brightness (949 against 684 nits)
  • Stereo speakers
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 2.2 versus UFS 2.1
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the Sony Xperia 10 IV
  • Has 2 SIM card slots

Review

Evaluation of Sony Xperia 10 V and Xperia 10 IV 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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Currency
6 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
13.5
(Bad)
Value Index
11.1
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Xperia 10 V
vs
Xperia 10 IV

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.1 inches 6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2520 pixels 1080 x 2520 pixels
Aspect ratio 21:9 21:9
PPI 449 ppi 457 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 700 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10
Touch sampling rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 82.4% 82%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97.4% 95.9%
PWM 137 Hz 253 Hz
Response time 3 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Xperia 10 V +39%
949 nits
Xperia 10 IV
684 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 155 mm (6.1 inches) 153 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 68 mm (2.68 inches) 67 mm (2.64 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 159 g (5.61 oz) 161 g (5.68 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Plastic Plastic
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Sony Xperia 10 V and Sony Xperia 10 IV
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 Qualcomm Snapdragon 695
Max clock 2200 MHz 2200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)		 - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A78)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 6 nanometers 6 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Hexagon 686
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Adreno 619
GPU shading units 256 256
GPU clock 840 MHz 840 MHz
FLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS ~430.1 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Sony Xperia 10 V and Sony Xperia 10 IV
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Xperia 10 V +1%
2101
Xperia 10 IV
2088
Single-core score 906 914
Multi-core score 2101 2088
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Xperia 10 V
586609
Xperia 10 IV +3%
601928
CPU 240248 245199
GPU 56152 57214
Memory 135691 131597
UX 154518 167918
Total score 586609 601928
Samples Less than 3 [2 tests]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 6503 -
Video editing 3945 -
Photo editing 14855 -
Data manipulation 7275 -
Writing score 10984 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Sony Xperia 10 V
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-16 -> taikun3131AnTuTu 11586609
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Sony Xperia 10 IV
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-18 (Apon)AnTuTu 11601928
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-19 (mnfmhf)AnTuTu 11597110
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD MicroSD
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB Up to 1024 GB

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
OS size 22 GB 23 GB

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (37% in 30 min) Yes (28% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:58 hr 2:30 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:46 hr 12:22 hr
Watching video 18:23 hr 18:24 hr
Gaming 07:10 hr 07:07 hr
Standby 145 hr 142 hr
General battery life
Xperia 10 V +2%
30:37 hr
Xperia 10 IV
30:04 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 4000 x 3000
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 2x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 27 mm
Sensor Sony IMX582 Sony IMX486
Sensor size 1/2" (β‰ˆ 0.5 inch) 1/2.8" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.25 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 54 mm 54 mm
Sensor SK Hynix Hi-847 SK Hi-847
Sensor size 1/4.4" (β‰ˆ 0.23 inch) 1/4.4" (β‰ˆ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor SK Hynix Hi-846 SK Hi-846
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 50 55
Preview 58 51
Zoom 54 64
Samples Photo samples of Sony Xperia 10 V from DxOMark Photo samples of Sony Xperia 10 IV from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 3264 x 2448
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 27 mm 27 mm
Sensor SK Hynix Hi-846 Hynix Hi-846
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 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 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.1
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes Yes
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Xperia 10 V +4%
89.2 dB
Xperia 10 IV
85.8 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced May 2023 May 2022
Release date June 2023 June 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $449 $500
Successor - Sony Xperia 10 VII - Sony Xperia 10 VII
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Sony Xperia 10 V is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 203

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nobody_ask October 29, 2023 at 02:45 AM
if only they at least have the 120hz display, i might consider getting it. overpriced.
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Ar. September 1, 2024 at 07:42 PM
But then battery won't be the same like now...
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