Vivo X200 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

84 out of 100
Vivo X200 Pro
VS
79 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Vivo X200 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 9400) that was released on October 14, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 2 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 X200 Pro
  • Comes with 2726 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3274 mAh
  • 94% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2825K versus 1452K)
  • Has a 0.68 inch larger screen size
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 23W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (2039 against 1772 nits)
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 41 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.32 mm narrower
  • 9% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2686 points

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X200 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
42.1
(Average)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 452 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Armor Glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 242 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
X200 Pro
6.78″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.2 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~21% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
X200 Pro +15%
2039 nits
1772 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.36 mm (6.39 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 75.92 mm (2.99 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 228 g (8.04 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Blue White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
X200 Pro +2%
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X200 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3620 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 1 core at 3.62 GHz: Cortex-X925
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 890 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G925 MC12 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1612 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~4952.1 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo X200 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2686
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
X200 Pro +18%
8366
Compute Score (GPU)
21444
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 21444 28057
Single-core score 2686 2915
Multi-core score 8366 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
X200 Pro +94%
2825187
1452754
CPU 900074 368915
GPU 972096 490265
Memory 345330 182600
UX 607687 410974
Total score 2825187 1452754
Samples [22 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
X200 Pro +70%
2371
Stability 61% 71%
Graphics test 18 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 2371 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
X200 Pro +71%
10432
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 40 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 44 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 41 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 34 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 10432 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
X200 Pro +67%
6122
Stability 65% 63%
Graphics test 36 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 6122 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13701 -
Video editing 5803 -
Photo editing 35653 -
Data manipulation 13567 -
Writing score 23556 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#133rd place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X200 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-12 (Oussama barhmate)AnTuTu 123135000
📘 2026-08-01 -> DlackAnTuTu 112847396
📘 2026-08-01 (Dlack)AnTuTu 112847396
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)Geekbench 6 GPU23591
📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis)Geekbench 6 CPU2432 / 8113
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM Funtouch OS 16 -
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 3 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 1:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:47 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 16:41 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 07:44 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 85 hr 111 hr
General battery life
X200 Pro +1%
24:55 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
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 119° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.8
Focal length 85 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 85
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 20 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 5.3
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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
n/a
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 September 2023
Release date October 2024 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $847 $999
Successor - Vivo X300 Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 90 W Not included
Further details
Notes on X200 Pro:
    - The black model is thinner (8.2 mm) and lighter (223g).
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance, gaming, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X200 Pro. But if the software and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 15 Pro.

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