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Vivo X200 Ultra vs Samsung Galaxy S25

87 out of 100
Vivo X200 Ultra
VS
80 out of 100
Samsung Galaxy S25
Vivo X200 Ultra
Samsung Galaxy S25

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch Vivo X200 Ultra (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on April 21, 2025, against the Samsung Galaxy S25, which is powered by the same chip and came out 3 months before. 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 X200 Ultra
  • Comes with 2000 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4000 mAh
  • Has a 0.62 inch larger screen size
  • Delivers 30% higher peak brightness (1806 against 1393 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 25W)
  • The rear camera has a 3.7x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • 23% higher pixel density (510 vs 416 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S25
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Weighs 67 grams less
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 6.26 mm narrower
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo X200 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25 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
12 / 128 GB
36.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
46.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
X200 Ultra
vs
Galaxy S25

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.2 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 510 ppi 416 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 2600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 240 Hz
Screen protection Armor glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.3% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 97.4%
PWM 121 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
X200 Ultra
6.82″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Galaxy S25
6.2″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.6 in2
~19% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
X200 Ultra +30%
1806 nits
Galaxy S25
1393 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.14 mm (6.42 inches) 146.9 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 76.76 mm (3.02 inches) 70.5 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.69 mm (0.34 inches) 7.2 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 162 g (5.71 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Red Black, Silver, Gray, Blue, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.23/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
X200 Ultra
90.3%
Galaxy S25 +1%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo X200 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25
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 X200 Ultra and Samsung Galaxy S25
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
X200 Ultra
2979
Galaxy S25 +1%
3012
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
X200 Ultra
9353
Galaxy S25 +4%
9766
Compute Score (GPU)
X200 Ultra +24%
24604
Galaxy S25
19829
Compute Score (GPU) 24604 19829
Single-core score 2979 3012
Multi-core score 9353 9766
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
X200 Ultra +6%
3092340
Galaxy S25
2920032
CPU 819790 899843
GPU 1185591 1139434
Memory 429927 330975
UX 657032 549780
Total score 3092340 2920032
Samples [11 tests] [44 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
X200 Ultra +16%
2561
Galaxy S25
2216
Stability 50% 59%
Graphics test 19 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 2561 2216
3DMark Solar Bay
X200 Ultra +18%
11897
Galaxy S25
10045
Graphics test 45 FPS 38 FPS
Section 1 51 FPS 48 FPS
Section 2 46 FPS 37 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS 29 FPS
Graphics score 11897 10045
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 51%
Graphics test - 33 FPS
Graphics score - 5664
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
X200 Ultra
16679
Galaxy S25 +20%
20022
Web score 15343 21815
Video editing 7121 8619
Photo editing 35679 34466
Data manipulation 14476 17708
Writing score 21329 27109
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (97th and 126th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo X200 Ultra
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-01 (Tt_murco730)AnTuTu 113172230
📘 2026-06-07 (L_8888)AnTuTu 113074394
📘 2026-06-02 (Obsessed)AnTuTu 113179659
📘 2026-05-15 (Хзшник)AnTuTu 113172230
📘 2026-03-29 (Tijet)AnTuTu 113033519
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Samsung Galaxy S25
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 (Niki)AnTuTu 123324487
📘 2026-09-24 (Icecream)AnTuTu 123297029
📘 2026-09-18 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 123476989
📘 2026-08-23 (S25 owner)AnTuTu 113149606
📘 2026-08-14 (Atharva0999)AnTuTu 113027002
Add View all (82)

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 128 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 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM OriginOS 6 One UI 9.0
OS size - 30.1 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 4000 mAh
Max charge power 90 W 25 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (40 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:49 hr 1:17 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:14 hr 09:09 hr
Watching video 14:52 hr 17:15 hr
Gaming 06:38 hr 05:32 hr
Standby 95 hr 108 hr
General battery life
X200 Ultra +1%
24:25 hr
Galaxy S25
24:10 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
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 116° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 10 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 35 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 10 MP
Aperture f/2.3 f/2.4
Focal length 85 mm 67 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP9 Samsung ISOCELL S5K3K1
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 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 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-818 Sony IMX564
Sensor size 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 175 -
Zoom 159 -
Samples Photo samples of Vivo X200 Ultra from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4000 x 3000
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL JN1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
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 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
X200 Ultra
87.4 dB
Galaxy S25 +5%
91.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2025 January 2025
Release date April 2025 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $1099 $799
Successor - - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon)
SAR (head) - 1.29 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.36 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, 80 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S25:
    - Supports up to 2 eSIMs. The international model has 2 physical SIM slots, while the U.S. model has 1.
*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 Vivo X200 Ultra is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
11 (78.6%)
3 (21.4%)
Total votes: 14

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