Home Phone comparison Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra - Which is better?

Vivo X200 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

91 out 100
Vivo X200 Pro
VS
81 out 100
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
Vivo X200 Pro
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra

Compared 2 smartphones : Vivo X200 Pro Manufactured in October, 2024, with display 6.78 with chipsetMediaTek Dimensity 9400, vs Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, Manufactured in February, 2023 with chipsetSnapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery Life
  6. Cameras
  7. Comments (0)

Key Differences

Device key advantages
Reasons to choose Vivo X200 Pro
  • Lighter design: 228g vs 233g
  • Higher battery capacity: 6000mAh vs 5000mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version: 5.4 vs 5.3
  • Infrared port
  • Includes charger
Reasons to choose Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
  • Larger display: 6.8in
  • Higher pixel density: 500ppi
  • Supports Dolby Atmos

Versions

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

Review

Key Specs Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
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
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview
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Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Smartphones:
Vivo X200 Pro
vs
Galaxy S23 Ultra

Display

Display quality comparison
Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.78 in 6.8 in
Resolution 1260x2800 pixels 1440x3088 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.3:9
Pixel density 452 ppi 500 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max brightness 2000 nits 850 nits
HDR support Yes Dolby Vision Yes HDR10+
Touch Sampling Rate 300 Hz 240 Hz
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1 % 89.5 %
Features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display test
Peak brightness (auto)
Vivo X200 Pro
2028 nits
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
1269 nits
sRGB gamutn/a96.9 %
PWM (Flicker)n/a240 Hz
Response timen/a2 ms
Contrastn/a∞ Infinite
Sources: NotebookCheck [Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra]

Design & Build

Design and ergonomics comparison
Height 162.36 mm (6.39 in) 163.4 mm (6.43 in)
Width 75.92 mm (2.99 in) 78.1 mm (3.07 in)
Thickness 8.49 mm (0.33 in) 8.9 mm (0.35 in)
Weight 228 g (8.04 oz) 233 g (8.22 oz)
Water resistance IP69 IP68
Cooling system Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Back panel Glass Glass
Frame Metal Metal
Colors - White
- Black
- Gray
- Blue		 - White
- Black
- Gray
- Blue
- Green
- Red
- Purple
Fingerprint sensor Yes In-Display Yes In-Display
Screen-to-body ratio
Vivo X200 Pro
90.1 %
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
89.5 %

Performance

Testing Vivo X200 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra In benchmarks
Processor
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy
Max Frequency 3630 MHz 3360 MHz
CPU Cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 4/2.4 (Cortex-A720)
- 3/3.3 (Cortex-X4)
- 1/3.63 (Cortex-X925)		 - 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
Process TSMC TSMC
Transistor Size 3 nm 4 nm
Neural Processor MediaTek NPU 890 Hexagon
Graphics Mali-G925 Immortalis MP12 Adreno 740
GPU Cores 1536 1536
GPU Frequency 1612 MHz 719 MHz
FLOPS 4952.1 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Vivo X200 Pro
2848
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
1976
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Vivo X200 Pro
8363
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
5221
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)28481976
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)83635221
Geekbench Compute (GPU)24447n/a
Sources: Geekbench v6 [Vivo X200 Pro]
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Vivo X200 Pro
2647012
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
1541246
CPU600293371084
GPU1194784600732
Memory408283299004
UX443652270462
NanoReview Score26470121541246
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Vivo X200 Pro
18771
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
12160
Max Surface Temp.n/a34.8 °C
Stability55 %64 %
Graphics Test112 fps72 fps
Graphics Score1877112160
Sources: 3DMark [Vivo X200 Pro], [Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra]
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
Vivo X200 Pro
15826
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
16130
Writing score2485119799
Web score1403516101
Video editing57947815
Data manipulation1374813142
NanoReview Score1582616130

Memory

RAM
RAM Size - 12 GB
- 16 GB		 - 8 GB
- 12 GB
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage Capacity- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB		- 256 GB
- 512 GB
- 1024 GB
Storage TypeUFS 4.0UFS 4.0
Memory CardNoNo

Software

OS Android 15 Android 13 (Upgradeable to Android 14)
OS Size n/a 39.9 GB
UI Skin Funtouch OS 15 One UI 6.1

Battery

Volume 6000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max Charging Power 90 W 45 W
Battery Type Silicon Carbon (Si/C) Li-ion
Removable No No
Wireless Charging Yes (30 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse Charging Yes Yes (Wireless)
Fast Charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (68% in 30 min)
Full Charge Time 0:46 h 0:59 h
Battery Life Test
Battery Life
Vivo X200 Pro
24:55
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
26:01
Web Browsing12:47 h09:57 h
Video Playback16:41 h15:38 h
Games07:44 h06:22 h
Standby Mode85 h130 h

Main camera

Matrix 50 MP 200 MP
Photo resolution 8192x6144 pixels 16320x12240 pixels
Zoom Optical, 3.7x Optical, 10x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K Recording Yes (Up to 30 fps) Yes (Up to 30 fps)
4K Recording Yes (Up to 120 fps) Yes (Up to 60 fps)
1080p Recording Yes (Up to 60 fps) Yes (Up to 120 fps)
Slow Motion 960 fps (1080p) 960 fps (1080p)
Wide-angle lens 119 ° 120 °
Lenses count Standard: 50 MP
Telephoto: 200 MP
Ultra-wide: 50 MP		 Standard: 200 MP
Telephoto: 10 MP
Telephoto: 10 MP
Ultra-wide: 12 MP
Features - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh effect
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Main lens
Matrix50 MP200 MP
Aperturef/1.6f/1.7
Focal length23 mm23 mm
SensorSony LYT-818Samsung ISOCELL HP2
Sensor size1/1.281/1.3
Pixel size1.22 μm0.64 μm
AutofocusLaser autofocusLaser autofocus
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Telephoto
Matrix200 MP10 MP
Aperturef/2.7f/4.9
Focal length85 mm230 mm
SensorSamsung ISOCELL HP9Sony IMX754
Sensor size1/1.41/3.52
Pixel size0.56 μm1.12 μm
StabilizationOpticalOptical
Ultra-wide lens
Matrix50 MP12 MP
Aperturef/2.0f/2.2
Focal length15 mm13 mm
SensorSamsung S5KJN1Sony IMX564
Sensor size1/2.761/2.55
Pixel size0.64 μm1.4 μm
StabilizationDigitalDigital
Main camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
139
Video quality
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
137
Overall camera score
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
140
Bokehn/a70
Previewn/a73
Zoomn/a141
Sources: DxOMark [Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra]

Front camera

Matrix 32 MP 12 MP
Photo resolution 6528x4896 pixels 4000x3000 pixels
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 20 mm 26 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KKD1 Samsung S5K3LU
Sensor size 1/3.42 1/3.24
Pixel size 0.64 μm 1.12 μm
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 fps 2160p (4K) at 60 fps
TOF 3D sensor No No
Selfie camera DxOMark results
Photo quality
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
139
Video quality
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
145

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 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
- NAVIC		 - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared Port Yes No
Connectivity
SIM Count*21
SIM TypeNanoNano
SIM ModeDual SIM StandbyDual SIM Standby
eSIM Support *YesYes
Hybrid SlotNoNo
2G BandsGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHzn/a
3G BandsWCDMA B1/B2/B4/B5/B8n/a
LTE Bands*LTE (B1/B2/B3/B4/B5/B7/B8/B12/B17/B18/B19/B20/B26/B28/B32/B34/B38/B39/B40/B41/B42/B66)n/a
LTE categoryn/a20
5G SupportYesYes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
3.5 mm Jack No No
FM Radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speaker Test
Max Volume
Vivo X200 Pro
n/a
Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra
91.8 dB

Other

Class Flagship Flagship
Announced October, 2024 yr February, 2023 yr
Release Date October, 2024 yr February, 2023 yr
Launch Price ($) 847 1199
Sensors - Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor		 - Hall Sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient Light Sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint sensor
Charger Included Yes 90 W No

Note

Vivo X200 Pro:

The black model is thinner (8.2) and lighter (223g).

* Attention! Config, frequencies, NFC, and other specs may vary by region.

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Vivo X200 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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