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Vivo iQOO 13 vs Realme GT 7 (Global)

85 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 13
VS
83 out of 100
Realme GT 7 (Global)
Vivo iQOO 13
Realme GT 7 (Global)

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Vivo iQOO 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2024, against the Realme GT 7 (Global), which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9400e and came out 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Vivo iQOO 13
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3150K versus 2505K)
  • Delivers 24% higher peak brightness (1793 against 1446 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 38% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3008 and 2184 points
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 7 (Global)
  • Shows 13% longer battery life (34:22 vs 30:28 hours)
  • Comes with 850 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 6150 mAh
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The phone is 7 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 13 and Realme GT 7 (Global) 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.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
60.5
(Average)
Value Index
75.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO 13
vs
GT 7 (Global)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-144 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Schott Xensation Alpha Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.6% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO 13 +24%
1793 nits
GT 7 (Global)
1446 nits

Design and build

Height 163.37 mm (6.43 inches) 162.42 mm (6.39 inches)
Width 76.71 mm (3.02 inches) 76.13 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 8.13 mm (0.32 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors White, Black, Silver, Green Black, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.4/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO 13
89.6%
GT 7 (Global)
89.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 13 and Realme GT 7 (Global)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite MediaTek Dimensity 9400e
Max clock 4320 MHz 3400 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.4 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek NPU 790
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G720 Immortalis MP12
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 13 and Realme GT 7 (Global)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 13 +38%
3008
GT 7 (Global)
2184
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 13 +27%
9297
GT 7 (Global)
7300
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 13 +55%
24763
GT 7 (Global)
15981
Compute Score (GPU) 24763 15981
Single-core score 3008 2184
Multi-core score 9297 7300
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 13 +26%
3150555
GT 7 (Global)
2505807
CPU 903944 734964
GPU 1153744 830537
Memory 415491 358578
UX 677376 581728
Total score 3150555 2505807
Samples [33 tests] [30 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
iQOO 13 +31%
2509
GT 7 (Global)
1916
Stability 77% 59%
Graphics test 19 FPS 14 FPS
Graphics score 2509 1916
3DMark Solar Bay
iQOO 13 +43%
11463
GT 7 (Global)
8040
Graphics test 44 FPS 31 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 33 FPS
Section 2 44 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 37 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 11463 8040
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test 37 FPS -
Graphics score 6250 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
iQOO 13 +3%
15763
GT 7 (Global)
15256
Web score 14234 17009
Video editing 6801 6480
Photo editing 39527 26452
Data manipulation 13253 15003
Writing score 20704 22746
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (84th and 148th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 13
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123392682
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-25 (Asuna)AnTuTu 113203192
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Fenix)AnTuTu 123343403
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Kh)AnTuTu 113166164
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-03 (ShiNo_Maebure)AnTuTu 113090760
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Realme GT 7 (Global)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Ravi)AnTuTu 122679312
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (mrkiup89)AnTuTu 122652753
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Aziz)AnTuTu 122571021
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Regenis0AnTuTu 122579291
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (montyy)AnTuTu 112483073
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15
ROM Funtouch 16 Realme UI 6.0
OS updates 4 years 6 years
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 6150 mAh 7000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging No Yes
Fast charging Yes (91% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 0:36 hr
Battery cycles - 800 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 14:22 hr 18:23 hr
Watching video 17:57 hr 22:53 hr
Gaming 08:12 hr 09:51 hr
Standby 129 hr 113 hr
General battery life
iQOO 13
30:28 hr
GT 7 (Global) +13%
34:22 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 2x
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 119Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX921 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/2.0
Focal length 50 mm 47 mm
Sensor Sony IMX816 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.5
Focal length 28 mm 21 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) 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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, 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 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 No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 May 2025
Release date November 2024 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $749
Successor - Vivo iQOO 15 -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 120 W
Further details
Notes on iQOO 13:
    - Only the 16/512 GB variant has UFS 4.1 storage; the rest use UFS 4.0.
Notes on GT 7 (Global):
    - The Dream Edition is thicker at 8.73 mm and 5 grams heavier.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, software, and design are more important to you, then choose the Vivo iQOO 13. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Realme GT 7 (Global).

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
22 (62.9%)
13 (37.1%)
Total votes: 35

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