Vivo X200 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
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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 Max, 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
Reasons to consider the Vivo X200 Pro
- 93% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2825K versus 1467K)
- Comes with 1559 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4441 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 23W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- 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 Max
- Shows 27% longer battery life (31:37 vs 24:55 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 11% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2974 and 2686 points
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1260 x 2800 pixels | 1290 x 2796 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% | 89.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.8% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.36 mm (6.39 inches) | 159.9 mm (6.3 inches) |
| Width | 75.92 mm (2.99 inches) | 76.7 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.49 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 228 g (8.04 oz) | 221 g (7.8 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
Performance
| 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 21444 | 28374 |
| Single-core score | 2686 | 2974 |
| Multi-core score | 8366 | 7533 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 900074 | 374357 |
| GPU | 972096 | 463612 |
| Memory | 345330 | 184670 |
| UX | 607687 | 444831 |
| Total score | 2825187 | 1467470 |
| Samples | [22 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2371 | 1391 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| 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
| Stability | 65% | 63% |
| Graphics test | 36 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6122 | 3655 |
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
Vivo X200 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-12 (Oussama barhmate) | AnTuTu 12 | 3135000 |
| 📘 2026-08-01 -> Dlack | AnTuTu 11 | 2847396 |
| 📘 2026-08-01 (Dlack) | AnTuTu 11 | 2847396 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 23591 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Xarvis) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2432 / 8113 |
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-01 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1996792 |
| 📘 2026-09-28 (Kuan.28) | AnTuTu 11 | 1752198 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (podsolnuh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1357765 |
| 📘 2026-09-11 (Zabza) | AnTuTu 11 | 1599694 |
| 📘 2026-09-10 (elio) | AnTuTu 11 | 1445771 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 5333 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 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 size | - | 17.6 GB |
| OS updates | 3 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 3 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4441 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 (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:46 hr | 1:49 hr |
| Web browsing | 12:47 hr | 12:36 hr |
| Watching video | 16:41 hr | 22:07 hr |
| Gaming | 07:44 hr | 06:58 hr |
| Standby | 85 hr | 139 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#32nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.7x | Optical, 5x |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.7 | f/1.78 - 2.8 |
| Focal length | 85 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL HP9 | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 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 | - | 86 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max 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 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2024 | September 2023 |
| Release date | October 2024 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $847 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Vivo X300 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| 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 gaming and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Vivo X200 Pro. But if the battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max.
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