Upper mid-range · 2024

vivo iQOO Z9 (China)

Name: vivo iQOO Z9 (China)
Brand: vivo

Our Take CPU benches near recent mid-range phones like the Google Pixel 6a

A well-rounded upper mid-ranger with all-day battery and 80W fast charging.

Best for Gaming · streaming · camera work

Strength All-day battery (6000mAh), 80W fast charging

6.78″ AMOLED · 144Hz

Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 8 / 128 GB

6000 mAh 80W charging

50 MP 16 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

Pro camera extras: RAW, Night mode, manual focus

240 fps slow motion for action clips

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1260 × 2800 · 144 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1260 × 2800 px

Refresh rate

144 Hz

Smooth

Brightness

4500 nits

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM7550-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4 nm) · 8-core 2.63 GHz · Adreno 720

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Qualcomm SM7550-AB Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

866,863

v10

CPU

8-core, 2.63 GHz

GPU

Adreno 720

Process

4 nm

Storage type

UFS Storage 2.2

CPU layout

1x2.63 GHz Cortex A715 +3x2.4 GHz Cortex A715 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex A510

Camera

50 MP f/1.8 main · 16 MP selfie · 4K video

4K video

A standard camera setup — sharp in daylight, expect noise in low light.

Main camera

50 MP f/1.8

Front camera

16 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Sony IMX882, 1/1.95", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Camera extras

RAW, Night mode, manual focus

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

6000 mAh · 80 W wired

Plenty

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

Capacity

6000 mAh

Wired charging

80 W

Fast

Removable

Audio

Stereo

Stereo speakers

Speakers

Stereo

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS 2.2

Expandable

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

6 g · 8.0 mm · IP64

Built to last

Height

163.7 mm

Width

75.9 mm

Thickness

8.0 mm

Weight

6 g

IP rating

IP64

Water resistant

Sensors

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

Sensors

Fingerprint (under display, optical), 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 16

Trades blows 3 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

144 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 1260 × 2800 vs 1179 × 2556 resolution · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen

68% larger battery capacity

80 W vs 25 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 3,561 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

6 g vs 170 g

Lower benchmark score

867k vs 1.9M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S24

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

50% larger battery capacity

80 W vs 25 W charging · 6,000 mAh vs 4,000 mAh battery

Lighter in hand

6 g vs 167 g

Lower benchmark score

867k vs 1.9M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs Flagship tier

Less stable camera

No OIS vs OIS · 4K @ 30 fps vs 8K @ 30 fps video

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