Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China) vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 30, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, which is powered by the same chip and came out 9 months before. 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 Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China)
  • Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • The phone is 9 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 25W
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3202 and 2936 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China) and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 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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12 / 256 GB
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12 / 256 GB
151.8
(Excellent)
Value Index
38.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 510 ppi 498 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits -
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 2600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Rock Glass Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 92.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 97.7%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.37 mm (6.43 inches) 162.8 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 76.71 mm (3.02 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.05 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 210 g (7.41 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue, Orange Black, Silver, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China) and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4320 MHz 4470 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 Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China) and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 25182 26581
Single-core score 2936 3202
Multi-core score 9211 10347
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1012692 987646
GPU 1121085 1190760
Memory 400893 362214
UX 691192 587932
Total score 3225862 3128552
Samples [11 tests] [66 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 49% 61%
Graphics test 18 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 2406 2272
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 40 FPS
Section 1 - 50 FPS
Section 2 - 40 FPS
Section 3 - 29 FPS
Graphics score - 10441
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 56%
Graphics test - 34 FPS
Graphics score - 5827
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 18845 21582
Video editing 7438 8625
Photo editing 33345 34425
Data manipulation 11728 17556
Writing score 16618 26844
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (76th and 87th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 -> MaximumAnTuTu 123347504
📘 2026-09-10 (uncrownedgang)AnTuTu 123355738
📘 2026-08-08 -> Knsvmc442AnTuTu 113241530
📘 2026-08-02 (Rafi)Geekbench 6 CPU2936 / 9211
📘 2026-07-06 (Abama)AnTuTu 113314923
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer)AnTuTu 123395994
📘 2026-10-04 (Gun park)AnTuTu 123085318
📘 2026-10-04 (potatowan)Geekbench 7 CPU2791 / 10180
📘 2026-10-03 (Apple Slayer)AnTuTu 123529678
📘 2026-10-02 (potatowan)AnTuTu 123590956

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 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 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM OriginOS 6 One UI 9.0
OS size - 30.4 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes Yes (72% in 30 min)
Full charging time - 0:59 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:10 hr
Watching video - 19:32 hr
Gaming - 06:22 hr
Standby - 132 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 200 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 16320 x 12240
Zoom Digital Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED 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 240FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 10 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 200 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700C Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP2
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/3.4
Focal length - 111 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX854
Sensor size - 1/2.52" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN3
Sensor size - 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 165
Preview - 81
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
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 - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 January 2025
Release date October 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $370 $1299
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra
SAR (head) - 1.25 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.42 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25 Ultra:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. version has 1.
    - Uses Grade 5 titanium and Corning Gorilla Armor 2 glass on both sides.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. But if the battery life and design are more of a priority – go for the Vivo iQOO Neo 11 (China).

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Youxue December 1, 2025 at 03:10 AM
The iQOO Neo11 is a cost-effective gaming phone, while the Samsung S25 Ultra is an all-around flagship, so it depends on the user's needs.
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Khunkiong May 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Sybau🥀 it cheap yes and sub5
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