Samsung Galaxy S21 vs Vivo X500 Pro Max

1,050 USD

1,045 USD

Available

Available

Samsung Mobile

Vivo Mobiles

Galaxy S21

V2610

2021, February 06

2026, September 12

SIM1: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 SIM2: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)

LTE

5G SA/NSA

SA/NSA/Sub6

GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

HSPA, LTE, 5G

151.7 x 71.2 x 7.9 mm (5.97 x 2.80 x 0.31 in)

163.3 x 76.8 x 8.1 mm (6.43 x 3.02 x 0.32 in)

171 g (6.03 oz)

225 g or 229 g (7.94 oz)

Corning Gorilla Glass 6 , Glass front (Gorilla Glass Victus), glass back (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame, IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 mins)

IP68/IP69 dust tight and water resistant (high pressure water jets; immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)

Hybrid Dual SIM, Dual Standby, (Nano-SIM)

Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM + eSIM (max 2 at a time) - International Nano-SIM + Nano-SIM - China

Phantom Gray, Phantom White, Phantom Violet, Phantom Pink

Black, Gray, White, Orange

Dynamic AMOLED 2X Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M Colors, Multitouch

LIPO LTPO AMOLED, 1B colors, 144Hz, PWM, HDR10+, HDR Vivid, Dolby Vision

6.9 Inches

6.85 inches, 113.3 cm2

1440 x 3200 Pixels (~509 PPI)

1260 x 2800 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~448 ppi density) Ultra HDR image support

Android 11, One UI 3.0

Android 16, up to 5 major OS updates, OriginOS 6

Exynos 990 (7 nm+)

Mediatek Dimensity 9600 (3 nm)

Octa-core (2 x 2.73 GHz Mongoose M5 & 2x2.60 GHz Cortex-A76 + 4 x 2.0 GHz Cortex-A55)

Mali-G77 MP11

8GB

12GB/16GB

256GB

256GB/512GB/1TB Dual UFS 4.1

microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot)

12 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.76", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS

50 MP, f/1.6, 24mm (wide), 1/1.28", 1.22µm, PDAF, OIS

64 MP, f/2.0, 28mm (telephoto), 1/1.76", 0.8µm, PDAF, OIS, 1.1x optical zoom, 3x hybrid zoom

200 MP, f/2.7, 85mm (periscope telephoto), 1/1.4", 0.56µm, multi-directional PDAF, OIS, 3.7x optical zoom, macro 2.7:1

12 MP, f/2.2, 13mm, 120˚ (ultrawide), 1/2.55" 1.4µm, Super Steady video

50 MP, f/2.0, 15mm, 119˚ (ultrawide), AF

LED Flash, Optical Zoom, Digital Zoom. Steady Mode, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama,

Laser AF, color spectrum sensor, Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, LED flash, panorama, HDR, 3D LUT import

8K@30fps, 4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120fps, 720p@960fps, HDR10+, stereo sound rec., gyro-EIS & OIS

8K@30fps, 4K@30/60/120fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS, 4K@120fps 10-bit Log, Dolby Vision HDR

10 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1/3.24", 1.22µm, Dual Pixel PDAF

50 MP, f/2.0, 20mm (wide), 1/2.76", 0.64µm, AF

Panorama, Burst Mode, Continuous Shooting,Dual video call, Auto-HDR, Beauty Mode, etc

HDR

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30fps

4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60fps

Li-Po 4000 mAh, non-removable

Si/C Li-Ion 7000 mAh

Fast charging 25W, USB Power Delivery 3.0 Fast Qi/PMA wireless charging 15W, Reverse wireless charging 4.5W

100W wired 40W wireless Reverse wireless Reverse wired

Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), Gyro, Proximity, SpO2, Bixby natural language commands and dictation

Fingerprint (under display, ultrasonic), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Satellite connectivity support (optional, market/region dependent)

Yes

Yes, with stereo speakers

Yes

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot

Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6/7, dual-band

v5.1 with A2DP, LE, apt-X

5.4/6.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, LHDC 5

Yes + A-GPS support & Glonass, BDS, GALILEO

GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BDS (B1I+B1c+B2a+B2b), GALILEO (E1+E5a+E5b), QZSS (L1+L5), NavIC (L1+L5)

Yes

Yes

3.2, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

USB Type-C 3.2, OTG