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vivo X9 vs Samsung Galaxy S9

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S9 , vivo X9

Samsung Galaxy S9 2018 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) USA/LATAM, screen 5.8", with resolution 1440x2960. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera.

vivo X9 2016 year of release, cpu Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53, screen 5.5", with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 20 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.8" inch 5.5" inch
Screen area 84.8 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.6% 73.8%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 570 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 16 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 16 MP, PDAF, f/2.0
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 20 MP, Dual
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF 20 MP, f/2.0, 1/2.8'' 8 MP
DxOMark Photo 81
DxOMark Video 81
DxOMark Selfie Score 81
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.0 (Oreo) Android 6.1 (Marshmallow), upgradable to Android 8 (Oreo); Funtouch 3
Chipset Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm) EMEA -Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) USA/LATAM, China Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) USA/LATAM, China Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G72 MP18 EMEA -Adreno 630 USA/LATAM, China Adreno 506
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only No
Internal memory 64/128/256 GB, 512GB 4GB 64/128 GB, 512GB 4GB
Antutu 7 score 247256 60123
GeekBench 4 Single Core 3288 852
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8240 3965
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 8705 3081
Antutu 8 score 284449
GeekBench 4 Battery 3960
GeekBench 5 Single Core 469 167
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1957 1011
General specs Release date 2018, February 2016, November
Dimensions (HxWxD) 147.7 Х 68.7 Х 8.5 mm 152.6 Х 74 Х 7 mm
Weight 163 g 154 g
Colors Midnight Black, Coral Blue, Titanium Gray, Lilac Purple, Burgundy Red, Sunrise Gold, Ice Blue Gold, Rose Gold
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 3050 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 490 EUR 460 EUR
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)  CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Global, USA  CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Global  LTE band 1(2100), 14(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 46, 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - USA Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1x & TD-SCDMA -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (6CA) Cat18 1200/200 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector microUSB 2.0, USB Host
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 4.2, A2DP, LE
Music and Audio Radio FM radio (USA & Canada only) No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -Always-on display 32-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) - Versions: G960F (Europe, Global Single-SIM); G960F/DS (Europe, Global Dual-SIM); G960U (USA); G960W (Canada); G9600 (China, LATAM) Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S9
  • Screen 5.8"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy X9
  • Screen 5.5"
  • Front camera 20 MP
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB