Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Compared 2 smartphones : Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus Manufactured in July, 2024, with display 6.78 with chipsetQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, Manufactured in September, 2023with chipsetApple A17 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
  • Larger display: 6.78in
  • Higher refresh rate: 144Hz
  • Lighter design: 198g vs 221g
  • Higher battery capacity: 5500mAh vs 4441mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.3
  • Infrared port
  • Includes charger
  • Fingerprint scanner
Reasons to choose Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • Higher pixel density: 460ppi
  • Supports newer USB: 3.2 vs 2
  • Supports DisplayPort
  • Built-in eSIM

Versions

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

Review

Key Specs Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
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 OLED
Size 6.78 in 6.7 in
Resolution 1260x2800 pixels 1290x2796 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Pixel density 453 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max brightness 1400 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes HDR10+ Yes Dolby Vision
Touch Sampling Rate 300 Hz n/a
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7 % 89.8 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
1789 nits
sRGB gamutn/a99.8 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a240 Hz
Response timen/a1 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 163.53 mm (6.44 in) 159.9 mm (6.3 in)
Width 75.68 mm (2.98 in) 76.7 mm (3.02 in)
Thickness 8.34 mm (0.33 in) 8.25 mm (0.32 in)
Weight 198 g (6.98 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
Water resistance IP64 IP68
Cooling system Vapor chamber n/a
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Plastic Metal
Colors - White
- Black
- White
- Black
- Silver
- Blue
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display No
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
89.7 %
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
89.8 %

Performance

Testing Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A17 Pro
Max Frequency 3300 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 2/2.27 (Cortex-A520)
- 2/2.96 (Cortex-A720)
- 3/3.15 (Cortex-A720)
- 1/3.3 (Cortex-X4)
- 4/2.11 (Sawtooth)
- 2/3.78 (Everest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Transistor Size 4 nm 3 nm
Neural Processor Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
Graphics Adreno 750 Apple A17 GPU
GPU Cores 1536 768
GPU Frequency 903-1000 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS 2774 GFLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
2253
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
2935
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
6847
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
7328
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)22532935
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)68477328
Geekbench Compute (GPU)16496n/a
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
2101665
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
1544984
CPU469305375584
GPU903104531835
Memory371750267777
UX357506339788
NanoReview Score21016651544984
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
17108
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
10006
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
14030
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
n/a
Writing score18995n/a
Web score11343n/a
Video editing6517n/a
Data manipulation11688n/a
NanoReview Score14030n/a

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB
8 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency n/a 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
256 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0NVMe
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 14 (Upgradeable to Android 15) iOS 17 (Upgradeable to iOS 18.5)
OS Size n/a 17.6 GB
UI Skin OriginOS 5 n/a

Battery

Volume 5500 mAh 4441 mAh
Max Charging Power 120 W 23 W
Battery Type Li-Po Li-ion
Removable No No
Wireless Charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse Charging Yes Yes
Fast Charging Yes (70% in 17 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full Charge Time 0:28 h 1:49 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
31:37
Web Browsingn/a12:36 h
Video Playbackn/a22:07 h
Gamesn/a06:58 h
Standby Moden/a139 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 48 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 8064x6048 pixels
Zoom Digital 142
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) No
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) 240 fps (1080p)
Wide-angle lens 119 ° 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP
Standard: 48 MP
Telephoto: 12 MP
Ultra-wide: 12 MP
Depth
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP48 MP
Aperturef/1.9f/1.8
Focal lengthn/a24 mm
SensorSony IMX921Sony IMX803
Sensor size1/1.561/1.28
Pixel size1 μm1.22 μm
AutofocusPhase autofocusPhase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrixn/a12 MP
Aperturen/af/1.78 - 2.8
Focal lengthn/a120 mm
Sensorn/aSony IMX913
Sensor sizen/a1/3.06
Pixel sizen/a1.12 μm
Stabilizationn/aOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix50 MP12 MP
Aperturef/2.0f/2.2
Focal lengthn/a13 mm
SensorSamsung S5KJN1Sony IMX633
Sensor size1/2.761/2.55
Pixel size0.64 μm1.4 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
153
Video quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
158
Overall camera score
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
154
Bokehn/a80
Previewn/a86

Front camera

Matrix 16 MP 12 MP
Photo resolution n/a 4032x3024 pixels
Aperture f/2.5 f/1.9
Focal length n/a 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX714
Sensor size n/a 1/3.6
Pixel size n/a 1.12 μm
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 fps 2160p (4K) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No Yes
Selfie camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
145
Video quality
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
156

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 5.4 5.3
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
GPS - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes No
Connectivity
SIM Count*2n/a
SIM TypeNanoeSIM
SIM ModeDual SIM Standbyn/a
eSIM Support *NoYes
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G BandsGSM 850/900/1800MHzGSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
3G BandsWCDMA B1/B4/B5/B6/B8/B19UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
LTE Bands*LTE (B1/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B18/B19/B26/B28/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41)LTE ()
LTE categoryn/a20
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo n/a
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro Plus
n/a
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
92.3 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced July, 2024 yr September, 2023 yr
Release Date July, 2024 yr September, 2023 yr
Launch Price ($) 565 n/a
MSRP ($) n/a 1199
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Face Sensor
Charger Included Yes 120 W No
* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

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