Mid-range · 2022

vivo S16

Name: vivo S16
Brand: vivo

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

A solid mid-ranger with 66W fast charging and an AMOLED screen.

Best for Streaming · reading · social

Strength 66W fast charging, AMOLED screen

6.78″ AMOLED · 120Hz

Snapdragon 870 5G 8 / 128 GB

4600 mAh 66W charging

64 MP 3 rear · 50 MP selfie

5G NFC

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Full specifications

What stands out

240 fps slow motion for action clips

Cooling hardware helps with sustained gaming performance

Display

6.78″ · AMOLED · 1080 × 2400 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

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

Screen size

6.78"

Panel type

AMOLED

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2400 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

HDR

Supported

Performance

Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G (7 nm) · 8-core 3.2 GHz · Adreno 650

Everyday capable

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

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8250-AC Snapdragon 870 5G (7 nm)

Current CPU tier

Mid-range

AnTuTu

833,157

v10

CPU

8-core, 3.2 GHz

GPU

Adreno 650

Process

7 nm

RAM type

LPDDR4X RAM

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x Cortex A77 3.20 GHz + 3x Cortex A77 2.4 GHz + 4x Cortex A55 1.8 GHz

Camera

64 MP f/1.9 main · OIS · 50 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/1.9

OIS

Ultrawide

8 MP f/2.2

Macro

2 MP

Front camera

50 MP f/2.5

Main sensor

Samsung Bright S5KGW1, 1/1.72", 0.8µm

Slow motion

Yes, 240 fps

Video

4K @ 30 fps

4K video

Battery

4600 mAh · 66 W wired

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

Capacity

4600 mAh

Wired charging

66 W

Fast

Removable

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Storage type

UFS 3.1

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

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

USB

USB-C

USB OTG

Supported

3.5mm jack

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Build & Design

182 g · 7.4 mm

Height

164.1 mm

Width

74.8 mm

Thickness

7.4 mm

Weight

182 g

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 14

Trades blows 2 wins 2 losses

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2400 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

40% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 15 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

833k vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs High-end tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 182 g vs 172 g

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Loses on most 1 win 3 losses

24% larger battery capacity

66 W vs 25 W charging · 4,600 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

AMOLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel · Tradeoff: 6.78″ vs 6.1″ screen

Lower benchmark score

833k vs 1.0M AnTuTu · Mid-range vs Upper mid-range tier

Less protected

None vs IP68 protection · 182 g vs 167 g

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