vivo Apex 2020 vs iQOO 3 5G

Comparing the vivo Apex 2020 vs iQOO 3 5G across performance, display, camera and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Both vivo Apex 2020 and iQOO 3 5G run at the same processing speed of 2.84 GHz.

Display: vivo Apex 2020 offers a screen size of 6.45 inches, while iQOO 3 5G offers 6.44 inches, making vivo Apex 2020 the larger display of the two. iQOO 3 5G features a Super AMOLED display compared to vivo Apex 2020's IPS LCD, making iQOO 3 5G the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both vivo Apex 2020 and iQOO 3 5G feature a 48 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Both vivo Apex 2020 and iQOO 3 5G feature a 16 MP primary front camera.

Storage: Both vivo Apex 2020 and iQOO 3 5G offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.

vivo Apex 2020

₹64,990

(Not Released in India)

iQOO 3 5G

₹46,990

(Out of Stock)

Summary

Release Date

03 Feb, 2021

04 Mar, 2020

14 May, 2026

Performance

N/A
Snapdragon 865	Snapdragon 865	Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.84 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.84 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 4.61 GHz)
12 GB RAM	12 GB RAM	16 GB RAM

Display

N/A
6.45 inches (16.38 cm)	6.44 inches (16.36 cm)	6.82 inches (17.32 cm)
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED	AMOLED
1080x2330 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1440x3168 px (QHD+)
N/A	60 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

N/A
48 MP Primary Camera	48 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	200 MP Primary Camera (upto 3.7x Optical Zoom)
16 MP Telephoto Camera	13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	200 MP Telephoto Camera
N/A	13 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A	2 MP Depth Camera	N/A

Front Camera

N/A
16 MP	16 MP	50 MP

Battery

N/A
N/A	4440 mAh	6600 mAh
Fast Charging	55W Super Flash Charging	100W Flash Charging
Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

256 GB	256 GB	512 GB
N/A	UFS 3.1	UFS 4.1

Expert Review

N/A

8.7/10

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Pros

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

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

Cons

Device yet to be reviewed

Device yet to be reviewed

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

User Ratings

N/A

4.4/5

(3,470 ratings)

4.6/5

(29 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	N/A	3,977,648 AnTuTu Score
N/A	N/A	15h 10m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

N/A

Mar 04, 2020

(Official)

May 06, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v10 (Q)

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

Custom UI

N/A

IQOO UI

Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

N/A

Very Good

Best In Class

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 SM8850-AC

Processor

Octa core

2.84 GHz, Single core, Kryo 585 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Kryo 585 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 585

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)

N/A

7 nm

3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 650

Adreno 840

RAM

12 GB

16 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR5

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

3,977,648

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

N/A

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)

N/A

7.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

N/A

21.7 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

N/A

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.45 inches (16.38 cm)

6.44 inches (16.36 cm)

6.82 inches (17.32 cm)

Resolution

1080x2330 px (FHD+)

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1440x3168 px (QHD+)

Brightness

N/A

800 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

4500 nits

Refresh Rate

N/A

60 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

N/A

20:9

19.8:9

Pixel Density

398 ppi

409 ppi

510 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

97.92 %

84.46 %

89.7 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass v6

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

91.4 %

94.49 %

Design

Height

157.2 mm

158.5 mm

162.98 mm

Width

66.2 mm

74.8 mm

76.81 mm

Thickness

8.8 mm

9.1 mm

8.19 mm

Weight

169 grams

214.5 grams

232 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Glass

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Camera

48 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.79 Wide Angle1/2" sensor size IMX582 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.8µm pixel size

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

16 MP
Telephoto Camera

13 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length

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

N/A

13 MP
f/2.46 Telephoto Camera50 mm focal length

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

N/A

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

N/A

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 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
Optical Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

105 x Digital Zoom
3.7 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

N/A

4k @30 fps

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

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

N/A

Very Good

Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

50 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera

Camera Type

Under display

N/A

Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

N/A

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

N/A

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

N/A

4440 mAh

6600 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Quick Charging

Yes Fast Charging

Yes 55W Super Flash Charging 50% in 15 minutes

Yes 100W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes

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.

N/A

15h 10m

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

N/A

0h 36m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

256 GB

512 GB

Storage Type

N/A

UFS 3.1

UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

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 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

5G Bands:

TDD N41 / N77 / N78

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)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 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)

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 2300(band 40)
FD-LTE 1800(band 3)

4G Bands:

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: 1.190 W/kg Body: 0.590 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ax)

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

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.1

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

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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