Upper mid-range · 2022

vivo iQOO 9 SE

Name: vivo iQOO 9 SE
Brand: vivo

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Samsung Galaxy A37

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with 66W fast charging and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

6.62″ Super AMOLED · 120Hz

Snapdragon 888 5G 8 / 128 GB

4500 mAh 66W charging

48 MP 2 rear · 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Pro camera extras: RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

240 fps slow motion for action clips

Display

6.62″ · Super AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.62"

Panel type

Super AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

863 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Panda Glass

Performance

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) · 8-core 2.84 GHz · Adreno 660

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

877,600

v10

GeekBench

3,442

Graphics test

GFXBench 64 fps

CPU

8-core, 2.84 GHz

GPU

Adreno 660

Process

5 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex X1 2.84GHz + 3x Cortex A78 2.42GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8GHz

Camera

48 MP f/1.8 main · OIS · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

48 MP f/1.8

OIS

Ultrawide

13 MP f/2.2

Front camera

16 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX598, 1/2", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, laser AF, manual focus

Video

4K @ 60 fps

4K video

Battery

4500 mAh · 66 W wired

Battery is average for the class — fine for daily use.

Capacity

4500 mAh

Lab endurance

87:00h

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.1 LUFS) · Stereo · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.1 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 5

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 5

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

199 g · 8.4 mm

Height

163.2 mm

Width

76.4 mm

Thickness

8.4 mm

Weight

199 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena · Read full review

How it stacks up against the rest.

Quick reads against a few phones in the same price tier. Tap any one for the deep comparison.

Apple iPhone 14

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

Super AMOLED vs OLED panel · 120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.62″ vs 6.1″ screen

Higher-res main camera

48 MP vs 12 MP main · 16 MP vs 12 MP selfie

37% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

878k vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 199 g vs 172 g

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Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Loses on most 1 win 4 losses

22% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,500 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

Super AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.62″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

878k vs 1.0M AnTuTu

Lower video ceiling

4K @ 60 fps vs 8K @ 24 fps video

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 199 g vs 167 g

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