OPPO A9 2020 vs vivo U20 128GB

Comparing the OPPO A9 2020 vs vivo U20 128GB across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and expert reviews to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: vivo U20 128GB scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 1,566, while OPPO A9 2020 scores 1,352, making vivo U20 128GB the better performer.

Display: vivo U20 128GB offers a screen size of 6.53 inches, while OPPO A9 2020 offers 6.5 inches, making vivo U20 128GB the larger display of the two. Both OPPO A9 2020 and vivo U20 128GB feature the same IPS LCD display.

Rear Camera: OPPO A9 2020 offers a higher rear camera resolution with 48 MP, while vivo U20 128GB offers 16 MP, making OPPO A9 2020 better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both OPPO A9 2020 and vivo U20 128GB feature a 16 MP primary front camera.

Battery: OPPO A9 2020 delivers longer battery life with 15h 56m, while vivo U20 128GB delivers None, making OPPO A9 2020 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both OPPO A9 2020 and vivo U20 128GB offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: vivo U20 128GB receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while OPPO A9 2020 is rated 7.

OPPO A9 2020

₹21,990

(Discontinued)

vivo U20 128GB

₹18,990

(Discontinued)

Summary

Release Date

16 Sep, 2019

11 Dec, 2019

14 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 665	Snapdragon 675	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM

Display


6.5 inches (16.51 cm)	6.53 inches (16.59 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
IPS LCD	IPS LCD	AMOLED
720x1600 px (HD+)	1080x2340 px (FHD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)
60 Hz Refresh Rate	N/A	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


48 MP Primary Camera	16 MP Primary Camera	200 MP Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	200 MP Telephoto Camera
2 MP Macro Camera	2 MP Macro Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	N/A	N/A

Front Camera


16 MP	16 MP	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	5000 mAh	6600 mAh
N/A	18W Fast Charging	100W Flash Charging
N/A	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	512 GB
UFS 2.1	UFS 2.1	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10

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8.0/10

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8.7/10

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Pros

Gorgeous design
Long-lasting battery life
Capable cameras

Great design
Strong performance
Amazing battery life

Stellar and versatile three-lens camera system
Excellent performance
Bright and crisp 2K AMOLED display

Cons

Mediocre performance
No full HD+ display

Camera quality could've been better
Heavy UI

Battery life could have been better
Very expensive with camera kit
No shortcut key

User Ratings

4.3/5

(62,421 ratings)

N/A

4.6/5

(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

134,811 AnTuTu Score	210,757 AnTuTu Score	3,977,648 AnTuTu Score
15h 56m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A	15h 10m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v9.0 (Pie)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

ColorOS

Funtouch OS

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Avg

Good

Best In Class

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665

Qualcomm Snapdragon 675

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

2 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 260

Octa core

2 GHz, Dual core, Kryo 460 1.7 GHz, Hexa Core, Kryo 460

Octa core

4.61 GHz, Dual core, Oryon 3.62 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

11 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 610

Adreno 612

Adreno 840

RAM

4 GB / 8 GB

4 GB / 6 GB / 8 GB

16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

N/A

LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

134,811

210,757

3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

24.0 s

23.0 s

14.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

6,450

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %

7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

19.7 %

31.7 %

21.7 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.5 inches (16.51 cm)

6.53 inches (16.59 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

Resolution

720x1600 px (HD+)

1080x2340 px (FHD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Brightness

480 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

4500 nits

Refresh Rate

60 Hz

N/A

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

19.8:9

Pixel Density

270 ppi

395 ppi

510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

82.47 %

84.23 %

89.7 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

89 %

90.3 %

94.49 %

Design

Height

163.6 mm

162.15 mm

162.98 mm

Width

75.6 mm

76.47 mm

76.81 mm

Thickness

9.1 mm

8.89 mm

8.19 mm

Weight

195 grams

193 grams

232 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Best In Class

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/2.25" sensor size S5KGM1 CMOS image sensor 0.8µm pixel size

16 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.78IMX499 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor

200 MP
Primary Camera105x Digital Zoom 3.7x Optical Zoomf/1.8535 mm focal length LYT 901 0.7µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.25 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

200 MP
f/2.67 Telephoto Camera85 mm focal length 1/1.28" sensor size

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera1/5.0" sensor size 1.75µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera14 mm focal length

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera1/5.0" sensor size 1.75µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 Pixels

4616 x 3464 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

3840x2160 @ 30 fps
1920x1080 @ 30 fps

3840x2160 @ 30 fps
1920x1080 @ 60 fps

8k @30 fps
4k @30/60/120 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera1/3.1" sensor size 1µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

1920x1080 @ 30 fps
1280x720 @ 30 fps

1920x1080 @ 30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

N/A

Yes 18W Fast Charging

Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes 40W Wireless Charging

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

15h 56m

N/A

15h 10m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

2h 39m 43s

1h 52m 50s

0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB

64 GB / 128 GB

512 GB

Storage Type

UFS 2.1

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 256 GB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G Not Supported 4G

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78 / N79 / N80 / N81 / N83 / N84 / N89

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 0.821 W/kg Body: 0.549 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.0

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

IR Blaster

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Rear

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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