Honor X70 (128GB / 8GB RAM) VS Vivo Y500 (China)

The Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 are both waterproof devices, but they differ in terms of water resistance depth. The Honor X70 is rated with an IP69 protection level, allowing it to be submerged at a depth of up to 6 meters. In contrast, the Vivo Y500 has an IP68 rating, meaning it can only withstand immersion up to 1.5 meters.

In terms of weight, the Vivo Y500 is slightly heavier at 213 g compared to the Honor X70's 199 g. The Vivo Y500 also has a slightly thicker profile, measuring 8.2 mm, while the Honor X70 is thinner at 7.8 mm.

The dimensions of the two phones are fairly similar, with the Honor X70 measuring 161.9 mm in height and 76.1 mm in width. The Vivo Y500 is slightly taller at 163.1 mm but narrower at 75.9 mm. The Honor X70 has a volume of 96.1 cm³, while the Vivo Y500 is slightly larger at 101.5 cm³. Neither device features a rugged build or a folding design.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 feature OLED/AMOLED displays with a 120Hz refresh rate, providing smooth visuals. However, they differ slightly in size, with the Honor X70 offering a 6.79-inch screen, slightly larger than the 6.77-inch display on the Vivo Y500.

The Honor X70 also has a higher pixel density of 427 ppi, compared to the Vivo Y500's 388 ppi. Additionally, the Honor X70 offers a higher resolution of 1200 x 2640 px, while the Vivo Y500 has a resolution of 1080 x 2392 px, meaning the Honor X70 can display slightly more detail.

Both devices feature branded damage-resistant glass, and neither supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision, or Always-On Display. While the Honor X70 supports HDR10, the Vivo Y500 does not. Both devices do not have a secondary screen or any notable differences in their touchscreen functionality.

The Honor X70 comes with 128GB of internal storage and 8GB of RAM, while the Vivo Y500 has a significantly larger 512GB of internal storage and 12GB of RAM. Both devices use a 4 nm semiconductor size, with the same support for 64-bit processing and DirectX 12. The Honor X70 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 chipset paired with an Adreno 810 GPU, while the Vivo Y500 does not specify its chipset but is equipped with a Mali G615 MC2 GPU.

In terms of CPU performance, the Honor X70 has an octa-core setup, with 1 core running at 2.3 GHz, 3 cores at 2.2 GHz, and 4 cores at 1.8 GHz. The Vivo Y500 also has an octa-core CPU but with a slightly higher speed, featuring 4 cores at 2.5 GHz and 4 cores at 2.0 GHz. Both devices support big.LITTLE technology, which helps balance performance and efficiency, and have 8 CPU threads.

The Honor X70 has a RAM speed of 2750 MHz, whereas the Vivo Y500 has a much faster 6400 MHz RAM speed. Both devices support a maximum memory amount of 16GB and use DDR5 memory. The GPU clock speed of the Honor X70's Adreno 810 is 800 MHz, while the Vivo Y500's Mali G615 MC2 has a higher clock speed of 1047 MHz.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 feature 8MP front cameras, but their main cameras differ significantly. The Honor X70 has a single 50 MP main camera with a wide aperture of 1.9f, while the Vivo Y500 offers a dual-lens setup with a 50 MP and 2 MP camera combination, with wider apertures of 2.4f and 1.8f for the respective lenses.

In terms of image stabilization, the Honor X70 includes built-in optical image stabilization, while the Vivo Y500 lacks this feature. Both phones support features like continuous autofocus during video recording, phase-detection autofocus for photos, slow-motion video recording, and HDR modes, but the Honor X70 has a BSI and CMOS sensor, which the Vivo Y500 does not. The Vivo Y500 also lacks the BSI sensor and CMOS sensor found in the Honor X70.

When it comes to video recording, both phones can record at 2160 x 30 fps, but the Vivo Y500 does not feature HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording, just like the Honor X70. Both devices have features such as manual exposure, flash, optical zoom of 0x, and the ability to create panoramas in-camera. Neither device supports a front-facing LED flash or a dual-lens front camera, and both lack advanced features like 3D photo/video recording capabilities.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 run on Android 15, and share most of the same operating system features. Both devices have clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera/microphone privacy options, and theme customization. Additionally, both can block app tracking, support on-device machine learning, and allow for notification permissions, media picker, and game downloads while playing.

Both phones also support dark mode, battery health checks, an extra dim mode, dynamic theming, offloading apps, customizable notifications, Live Text, full-page screenshots, split screen, and PiP (Picture-in-Picture). They can track the current position of a mobile device and offer offline voice recognition and voice commands. They also both support widgets, have a child lock, and are free and open source.

While their software is largely the same, there are a couple of points worth noting: neither device gets direct OS updates, and neither has Quick Start functionality. Both are multi-user systems. Overall, the operating systems on both devices offer a very similar set of features, with no notable differences between them in the provided specs.

The Honor X70 has a slightly larger battery capacity at 8300 mAh, compared to the 8200 mAh battery in the Vivo Y500. Both devices do not support wireless charging, and neither has a removable battery. However, the Honor X70 does offer reverse wireless charging, a feature absent in the Vivo Y500.

When it comes to fast charging, the Honor X70 supports an 80W charging speed, while the Vivo Y500 supports a slightly faster 90W charging speed. Both devices feature a battery level indicator and have rechargeable batteries.

Overall, the main differences in battery specs between these two models are the slightly larger battery capacity in the Honor X70 and the faster charging speed in the Vivo Y500, with the Honor X70 also offering reverse wireless charging, which the Vivo Y500 lacks.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 do not have a 3.5 mm audio jack, but both feature stereo speakers for audio output. When it comes to wireless audio technology, both devices support aptX, but they differ in the specific aptX variants they offer. The Honor X70 supports aptX Adaptive, while the Vivo Y500 supports aptX HD, but does not have aptX Adaptive support.

Neither phone supports LDAC or aptX Lossless audio, and both devices lack an FM radio. The Honor X70 also does not support aptX HD, while the Vivo Y500 does not have aptX Adaptive.

In summary, both phones provide high-quality audio features with stereo speakers and aptX support, but they vary in the specific aptX technologies they support, with the Honor X70 offering aptX Adaptive and the Vivo Y500 supporting aptX HD instead.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 support 5G, have dual SIM card slots, and include Bluetooth connectivity, with the Honor X70 featuring Bluetooth 5.2 and the Vivo Y500 offering the slightly newer Bluetooth 5.4. Both phones also feature USB Type-C ports with USB version 2, support NFC, and have fingerprint scanners for security.

When it comes to connectivity speeds, the Honor X70 supports download speeds up to 2900 MBits/s and upload speeds of 1600 MBits/s, while the Vivo Y500 offers faster download and upload speeds of 3270 MBits/s each. Both phones have Wi-Fi versions ranging from Wi-Fi 4 to Wi-Fi 6, as well as GPS and a compass.

In terms of sensors, both phones include a gyroscope, accelerometer, and cellular module. The Honor X70 has an infrared sensor, which the Vivo Y500 lacks, while the Vivo Y500 does not have an infrared sensor. Neither phone has a barometer, HDMI output, or supports motion/optical tracking. Both phones support Galileo satellite positioning and neither includes a stylus or built-in projector.

Both the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 come with a video light, but neither device features sapphire glass displays, curved displays, or e-paper displays. These specifications are identical for both phones, and no differences are noted in this group between the two models.

In summary, the Honor X70 and Vivo Y500 share the same set of miscellaneous features, including a video light, and neither device offers the advanced display technologies like sapphire glass, curved displays, or e-paper displays.