Upper mid-range · 2023

vivo iQOO Z8 (China)

Name: vivo iQOO Z8 (China)
Brand: vivo

Our Take CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with all-day battery and 120W fast charging.

Best for Power users · gaming

Strength All-day battery (5000mAh), 120W fast charging

6.64″ IPS LCD · 120Hz

Dimensity 8200 8 / 256 GB

5000 mAh 120W charging

64 MP 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Hi-Res audio for higher-quality listening

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.64″ · IPS LCD · 1080 × 2388 · 120 Hz · HDR

Smooth scrolling

A standard LCD panel. Fine indoors, watch out for sunlight legibility.

Screen size

6.64"

Panel type

IPS LCD

Resolution

1080 × 2388 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

HDR

Supported

Performance

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.1 GHz · Mali-G610 MC6

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Mediatek Dimensity 8200 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

980,832

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.1 GHz

GPU

Mali-G610 MC6

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex A78 3.1 GHz + 3x Cortex A78 3.0 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 2.0 GHz

Camera

64 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

64 MP f/1.8

OIS

Front camera

16 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Omnivision OV64B (50Mp), 1/2", 0.7µm

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 120 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Wired charging

120 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio

Memory

8 GB RAM · 256 GB

Roomy

RAM

8 GB

Storage

256 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 7

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 7

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, BeiDou (B1)

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

200 g · 8.8 mm

Height

164.6 mm

Width

75.8 mm

Thickness

8.8 mm

Weight

200 g

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Specifications sourced from GSMArena

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 15

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

49% larger battery capacity

120 W vs 15 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,349 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Lower benchmark score

981k vs 1.5M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 171 g

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Samsung Galaxy S23

Trades blows 2 wins 3 losses

28% larger battery capacity

120 W vs 25 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,900 mAh battery

Starts with more storage

256 GB vs 128 GB baseline

Weaker display tech

IPS LCD vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.64″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

981k vs 1.8M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 200 g vs 168 g

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Performance

Camera

Battery

Audio

Memory

Connectivity

Build & Design

Sensors

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