realme Narzo N55 vs iQOO Z7

Comparing the realme Narzo N55 vs iQOO Z7 across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: iQOO Z7 runs at a higher processing speed of 2.5 GHz, while realme Narzo N55 runs at 2.0 GHz, making iQOO Z7 the better performer.

Display: realme Narzo N55 offers a screen size of 6.72 inches, while iQOO Z7 offers 6.38 inches, making realme Narzo N55 the larger display of the two. iQOO Z7 features a AMOLED display compared to realme Narzo N55's IPS LCD, making iQOO Z7 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both realme Narzo N55 and iQOO Z7 feature a 64 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: iQOO Z7 offers a higher front camera resolution with 16 MP, while realme Narzo N55 offers 8 MP, making iQOO Z7 better for front camera photography.

Battery: iQOO Z7 delivers longer battery life with 15h 00m, while realme Narzo N55 delivers 10h 55m, making iQOO Z7 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: realme Narzo N55 offers higher internal storage with 64 GB, while iQOO Z7 offers 128 GB, making realme Narzo N55 the better option for storage.

Expert Review: The editorial team rates both realme Narzo N55 and iQOO Z7 equally at 7.

User Rating: realme Narzo N55 and iQOO Z7 both receive the same user rating of 4.1.

realme Narzo N55

₹9,899

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iQOO Z7

₹21,999

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Summary

Release Date

13 Apr, 2023

21 Mar, 2023

06 May, 2026

Performance


MediaTek Helio G88	MediaTek Dimensity 920	Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
4 GB RAM	6 GB RAM	12 GB RAM

Display


6.72 inches (17.07 cm)	6.38 inches (16.21 cm)	6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
IPS LCD	AMOLED	AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


64 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	64 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	2 MP Depth Camera	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
N/A	N/A	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


8 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP Wide Angle Lens	50 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	4500 mAh	6500 mAh
33W Super VOOC Charging	44W Flash Charging	90W Flash Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

64 GB	128 GB	256 GB
eMMC 5.1	UFS 2.2	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10

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7.0/10

Read Expert Review

8.4/10

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Pros

Nice display
Respectable battery life
Good cameras in daylight

Decent AMOLED display
Good fast charging support
OIS camera helps with stability

Compact, premium design
Excellent battery life
Reliable performance
Strong portrait photography

Cons

Same as Realme C55
Fingerprint scanner is iffy
Software has ads and bloatware

Screen design looks dated
Ships with bloatware

Video recording inconsistencies
Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

4.1/5

(15,468 ratings)

4.1/5

(13,534 ratings)

4.5/5

(140 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

10h 55m Battery Life (PC Mark)	15h 00m Battery Life (PC Mark)	16h 04m Battery Life (PC Mark)
N/A	N/A	3,000,897 AnTuTu Score

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General

Launch Date

Apr 13, 2023

(Official)

Mar 21, 2023

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v13

Android v13.0

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

2 Years

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

3 Years

7 Year

Custom UI

Realme UI

Funtouch OS

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Very Good

Excellent

Chipset

MediaTek Helio G88

MediaTek Dimensity 920 MT6877T

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

2 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A75 1.8 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core

2.5 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

12 nm

6 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Mali-G52 MC2

Mali-G68 MC4

Adreno 829

RAM

4 GB / 6 GB

6 GB / 8 GB

12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

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.

N/A

3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

35.0 s

21.0 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

4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

13.6 %

21.4 %

17.4 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.72 inches (17.07 cm)

6.38 inches (16.21 cm)

6.31 inches (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

680 nits

N/A

5000 nits

Brightness

N/A

1300 nits

N/A

Refresh Rate

90 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

392 ppi

413 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

86.74 %

84.14 %

90.11 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

91.4 %

N/A

94.38 %

Design

Height

165.6 mm

158.9 mm

150.83 mm

Width

75.9 mm

73.5 mm

71.76 mm

Thickness

7.8 mm

7.99 mm

Weight

189.5 grams

173 grams

191 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Splash proof IP54

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Very Good

Excellent

Resolution

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.8 Wide Angle

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.79 Wide Angle1/1.97" sensor size S5KGW3 CMOS image sensor ISOCELL Plus 0.7µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera

N/A

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

9000 x 7000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Starry Mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

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

Video Recording Features

N/A

Video HDR
Vlog Mode

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

8 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera

50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

5000 mAh

4500 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes 33W Super VOOC Charging 50% in 29 minutes

Yes 44W Flash Charging 50% in 25 minutes

Yes 90W 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.

10h 55m

15h 00m

16h 04m

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

1h 2m 18s

0h 56m 27s

0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

64 GB / 128 GB

128 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

eMMC 5.1

UFS 2.2

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

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)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N8 / N28
TDD N77 / N78

N/A

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)

N/A

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)

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N8 / N28
TDD N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

N/A

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) / 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) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)

SAR Value

N/A

Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 0.84 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz

Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.2

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

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Side

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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