Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro vs Xiaomi 12 Pro

Compared 2 smartphones : Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro Manufactured in May, 2023, with display 6.78 with chipsetMediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus, vs Xiaomi 12 Pro, Manufactured in December, 2021 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
  • Larger display: 6.78in
  • Higher refresh rate: 144Hz
  • Lighter design: 192g vs 204g
  • Higher battery capacity: 5000mAh vs 4600mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.3 vs 5.2
Reasons to choose Xiaomi 12 Pro
  • Higher pixel density: 521ppi
  • Supports Dolby Atmos

Versions

Available versions and configurations
Memory Options - 16/256 GB
- 16/512 GB
- 16/1024 GB
- 8/128 GB
- 8/256 GB
- 12/256 GB

Review

Key Specs Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro and Xiaomi 12 Pro
Display
Color accuracy, sharpness & brightness
Camera
Main & front camera tests
Performance
App & system performance
Games
3D gaming performance
Battery
Battery life, charging speed & type
Connectivity
Connectivity features
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Display

Display quality comparison
Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 in 6.73 in
Resolution 1260x2800 pixels 1440x3200 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
Pixel density 453 ppi 521 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate n/a Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max brightness 600 nits 970 nits
HDR support Yes HDR10 Yes Dolby Vision
Touch Sampling Rate 300 Hz 480 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 87.5 % 89.5 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
1049 nits
sRGB gamutn/a99.8 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a367 Hz
Response timen/a5 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 164.7 mm (6.48 in) 163.6 mm (6.44 in)
Width 77 mm (3.03 in) 74.6 mm (2.94 in)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 in) 8.66 mm (0.34 in)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Water resistance No No
Cooling system Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Plastic Metal
Colors - Black
- Green
- Red
- Black
- Blue
- Green
- Pink
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
87.5 %
Xiaomi 12 Pro
89.5 %

Performance

Testing Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro and Xiaomi 12 Pro In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9200 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max Frequency 3350 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/3 (Cortex-A715)
- 1/3.35 (Cortex-X3)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
- 3/2.5 (Cortex-A710)
- 1/3 (Cortex-X2)
Process TSMC Samsung
Transistor Size 4 nm 4 nm
Neural Processor MediaTek APU 690 Hexagon
Graphics Mali-G715 Immortalis MP11 Adreno 730
GPU Cores 2112 1024
GPU Frequency 995 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS 4202.8 GFLOPS 1675.3 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
2034
Xiaomi 12 Pro
1674
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
5245
Xiaomi 12 Pro
4029
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)20341674
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)52454029
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
1534769
Xiaomi 12 Pro
1194018
CPU385633314669
GPU540758437869
Memory326032204120
UX282346237360
NanoReview Score15347691194018
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
12555
Xiaomi 12 Pro
9299
Max Surface Temp.n/a41.2 °C
Stability69 %67 %
Graphics Test75 fps55 fps
Graphics Score125559299
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
11762
Writing scoren/a13132
Web scoren/a10845
Video editingn/a7440
Data manipulationn/a9341
NanoReview Scoren/a11762

Memory

RAM
RAM Size 16 GB - 8 GB
- 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 3200 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 3.1
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 13 Android 12 (Upgradeable to Android 14)
OS Size n/a 26.5 GB
UI Skin Funtouch 13 HyperOS 1.0

Battery

Volume 5000 mAh 4600 mAh
Max Charging Power 120 W 120 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-Po
Removable No No
Wireless Charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse Charging No Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (50% in 9 min) Yes (50% in 8 min)
Full Charge Time 0:22 h 0:21 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
16:53
Web Browsingn/a06:40 h
Video Playbackn/a10:08 h
Gamesn/a04:44 h
Standby Moden/a81 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 50 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 8700x5800 pixels
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) Up to 24FPS
4K Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
Slow Motion 480 fps (1080p) 1920 fps (720p)
Wide-angle lens 114 ° 115 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 8 MP
Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP50 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.9
Focal lengthn/a24 mm
SensorSony IMX866Sony IMX707
Sensor size1/1.491/1.28
Pixel size1 μm1.22 μm
AutofocusPhase autofocusPhase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrixn/a50 MP
Aperturen/af/1.9
Focal lengthn/a48 mm
Sensorn/aSamsung JN1
Sensor sizen/a1/2.76
Pixel sizen/a0.64 μm
Stabilizationn/aDigital
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix8 MP50 MP
Aperturef/2.2f/2.2
Focal lengthn/a14 mm
SensorOmnivision OV08D10Samsung JN1
Sensor size1/41/2.76
Pixel size1.12 μm0.64 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
136
Video quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
125
Overall camera score
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
129
Bokehn/a70
Previewn/a70
Zoomn/a102

Front camera

Matrix 16 MP 32 MP
Photo resolution 4608x3456 pixels 6528x4896 pixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.5
Focal length n/a 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 OmniVision OV32b40
Sensor size 1/3.1 1/3.14
Pixel size 1 μm 0.7 μm
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 fps 1080p (Full HD) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi version 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 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB Storage Mode
- OTG
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes Yes
Connectivity
SIM Count*22
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *NoNo
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G Bandsn/aGSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz
3G Bandsn/aWCDMA B1/2/4/5/6/8/19
LTE Bands*n/aLTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B13/B17/B18/B19/B20/B25/B26/B28/B32/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B48/B66)
LTE categoryn/a20
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos n/a Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Vivo iQOO Neo 8 Pro
n/a
Xiaomi 12 Pro
84.2 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced May, 2023 yr December, 2021 yr
Release Date May, 2023 yr December, 2021 yr
Launch Price ($) 450 999
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 120 W Yes 120 W
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

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