Oppo Find X5 Pro hands-on review

SuperVOOC 80W charging speed test

The battery on the Find X5 Pro is now larger - 5000mAh, up from 4500mAh on the Find X3 Pro.

It pioneers Oppo's latest smart charging technology, Battery Health Engine. By taking better care of the battery health, it promises a lifespan of twice as many charging cycles 1600 vs the alleged "industry standard of 800" before the battery capacity is permanently reduced below 80%.

Additionally, the Find X5 Pro now supports enhanced, 80W SuperVOOC Flash charging, which should restore the battery from close to empty to 50% in about 12 minutes.

You also get 50W AirVOOC wireless charging. It can be charged from near-empty to 100% in just 47 minutes.

We didn't have an AirVOOC wireless charger handy but the 80W SuperVOOC charger was provided in the box so we set out to test their claims.

And unfortunately, we didn't reach the advertised speeds, with the battery showing 40% about 12 minutes into the charging.

And despite the fact that the SuperVOOC Flash Charging is among its most powerful implementations here, with the Find X3 Pro having a smaller battery, its charging times are actually shorter even if it only supports 65W SuperVOOC charging.

30min charging test (from 0%)

Higher is better

• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  100%
• iQOO 9 Pro
  100%
• Xiaomi 11T Pro
  100%
• Realme GT Neo2
  97%
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  91%
• Xiaomi 11T
  86%
• Poco X3 GT
  75%

Time to full charge (from 0%)

Lower is better

• iQOO 9 Pro
  0:21h
• Xiaomi 11T Pro
  0:21h
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  0:28h
• Realme GT Neo2
  0:32h
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  0:40h
• Xiaomi 11T
  0:41h
• Poco X3 GT
  0:48h

Performance benchmarking the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

The international model of the Oppo Find X5 Pro (the one sold outside of China that is) makes use of Qualcomm's latest 4nm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 flagship chipset. It comes in the same 12GB+256GB configuration as the Find X3 Pro.

Thanks to the next-gen chipset, Oppo is promising the new phone should offer up to 30% higher performance, and up to 25% more power efficiency than the previous generation, not to mention the enhanced AI and network capabilities.

We've already had our first meeting with this chipset on the recently reviewed IQOO 9 Pro, but we were eager to see how it performed on the Find X5 Pro, too.

In a nutshell, we observed improved performance compared to last year's silicon, but also the phone was quick to heat up and equally as quick to throttle down its performance, scoring about 20% less on Geekbench 5 and Antutu 9. And that's despite the extra large vapor cooling chamber that BBK flagship is fitting on the back of this year's flagships.

Still, the upgrade in the graphics performance that comes with the new Adreno 730 is undeniable and substantial.

GeekBench 5 (multi-core)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  3855
• iQOO 9 Pro
  3708
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  3657
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  3528
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  3433
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  3316

GeekBench 5 (single-core)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  1246
• iQOO 9 Pro
  1231
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  1180
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  1165
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  1002
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  926

AnTuTu 9

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  1056488
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  1012896
• iQOO 9 Pro
  997948
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  968359
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  886916

GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (onscreen)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  77
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  68
• iQOO 9 Pro
  46
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  44
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  37
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  33

GFX Car Chase ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  97
• iQOO 9 Pro
  95
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  94
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  76
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  76
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  70

GFX Manhattan ES 3.1 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  174
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  162
• iQOO 9 Pro
  160
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  113
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  109
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  105

GFX Manhattan ES 3.0 (offscreen 1080p)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  263
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  244
• iQOO 9 Pro
  236
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  182
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  168
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  164

3DMark Wild Life Vulkan 1.1 (offscreen 1440p)

Higher is better

• ZTE nubia Red Magic 7
  10118
• Oppo Find X5 Pro
  9758
• iQOO 9 Pro
  9673
• Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (1440p)
  7437
• Samsung Galaxy S22+
  7405
• Oppo Find X3 Pro
  5653