realme P3 vs vivo S2 5G

Comparing the realme P3 vs vivo S2 5G 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: realme P3 scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 3,097, while vivo S2 5G scores 2,825, making realme P3 the better performer.

Display: vivo S2 5G offers a screen size of 6.83 inches, while realme P3 offers 6.67 inches, making vivo S2 5G the larger display of the two. Both realme P3 and vivo S2 5G feature the same AMOLED display.

Rear Camera: Both realme P3 and vivo S2 5G feature a 50 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: vivo S2 5G offers a higher front camera resolution with 32 MP, while realme P3 offers 16 MP, making vivo S2 5G better for front camera photography.

Battery: vivo S2 5G delivers longer battery life with 14h 57m, while realme P3 delivers 12h 44m, making vivo S2 5G the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both realme P3 and vivo S2 5G offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: The editorial team rates both realme P3 and vivo S2 5G equally at 8.

User Rating: realme P3 receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while vivo S2 5G has a rating of 3.5.

realme P3

₹15,999

(Out of Stock)

vivo S2 5G

₹39,490

@ Amazon

Summary

Release Date

19 Mar, 2025

11 Aug, 2026

11 Sep, 2026

Performance

		N/A
Snapdragon 6 Gen 4	MediaTek Dimensity 7360 Turbo	Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.6 GHz)
6 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display

		N/A
6.67 inches (16.94 cm)	6.83 inches (17.35 cm)	6.83 inches (17.35 cm)
AMOLED	AMOLED	AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1260x2800 px (FHD+)	1280x2772 px (FHD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

		N/A
50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	2 MP Depth Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

		N/A
16 MP Wide Angle Lens	32 MP	32 MP

Battery

		N/A
6000 mAh	7050 mAh	10000 mAh
45W Fast Charging	44W Flash Charging	100W Hyper Charging
No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging	N/A

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	128 GB
UFS 3.1	UFS 3.1	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

8.0/10

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8.0/10

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N/A

Pros

IP69-rated design
Good display
Great performance
Decent cameras

Vibrant, curved display
Reliable battery life
Slim and lightweight build

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

No OIS support
Pre-installed apps

No ultrawide camera
Too many pre-installed apps

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.3/5

(30,349 ratings)

3.5/5

(14 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

764,410 AnTuTu Score	956,029 AnTuTu Score	N/A
12h 44m Battery Life (PC Mark)	14h 57m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A

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General

Launch Date

Mar 19, 2025

(Official)

Aug 06, 2026

(Official)

Sep 04, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v15

Android v16

OS Updates

2 Years

3 Year

4 Year

Security Updates

3 Years

5 Year

6 Year

Custom UI

Realme UI

Origin OS

HyperOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

N/A

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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MediaTek Dimensity 7360 Turbo MT6878V

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5

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Processor

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Octa core

2.5 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Octa core

2.6 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 810

Mali-G615 MP2

Adreno

RAM

6 GB / 8 GB

8 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Cooling Technology

Hybrid Cooling System

Vapor Chamber

N/A

Performance Test Results

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

764,410

956,029

N/A

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

27.0 s

23.0 s

N/A

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

851

N/A

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

6.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

22.7 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

N/A

Display Type

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.67 inches (16.94 cm)

6.83 inches (17.35 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1260x2800 px (FHD+)

1280x2772 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

2000 nits

3000 nits

3500 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

2000 nits

PWM Dimming

N/A

3840 Hz

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

Touch Sampling Rate

180 Hz

N/A

240 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

19.5:9

Pixel Density

395 ppi

449 ppi

447 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

87.03 %

91.03 %

89.32 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

92.65 %

93.82 %

89.5 %

Design

Height

163.15 mm

164.42 mm

163.44 mm

Width

75.65 mm

75.25 mm

78.27 mm

Thickness

7.97 mm

7.99 mm

8.65 mm

Weight

194 grams

197 grams

229 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Plastic Polycarbonate

Back: Polycarbonate

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 2.5 meter)

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

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP66 IP69K IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 2 meter)

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

N/A

Resolution

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.8 Wide Angle 76° field-of-view27 mm focal length 1/2.88" sensor size IMX480 CMOS image sensor Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.61µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.828 mm focal length 1/1.95" sensor size IMX882 0.8µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera20x Digital Zoomf/1.526 mm focal length 1/1.95" sensor size 0.8µm pixel size

2 MP
Depth Camera

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

8 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera15 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Image Resolution

8150 x 6150 Pixels

3072 x 4096 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

SuperMoon

N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

10 x Digital Zoom

20 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

4k @30 fps
Full HD @120 fps
HD @240 fps

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

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

Video Recording Features

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

N/A

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.4 Wide Angle Primary Camera23 mm focal length 1/3.09" sensor size Exmor RS 1µm pixel size

32 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera27 mm focal length

32 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera1/3.6" sensor size 0.61µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

N/A

Capacity

6000 mAh

7050 mAh

10000 mAh

Battery Type

Silicon Carbon

Li-ion

Silicon Carbon

Quick Charging

Yes 45W Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 44W Flash Charging

Yes 100W Hyper Charging 100% in 47 minutes

Wireless Charging

N/A

Yes

N/A

Reverse Charging

N/A

Yes

Yes 27W Reverse 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.

12h 44m

14h 57m

N/A

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

1h 1m

1h 5m

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB

128 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 2 TB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5)

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)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)

SIM 2

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 850(band 5) / 1700(band 66)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)