Oppo Find X9 Ultra misses top spot in DxOMark camera ranking

The Oppo Find X9 Ultra, packing dual 200-megapixel Hasselblad-tuned sensors, just went through DxOMark’s full testing and came away with a solid, but not quite chart-topping, result.

It scored 170 points, which puts it in third place overall. That’s five points behind the current leader, the Huawei Pura 80 Ultra, and tied with the Vivo X300 Ultra. Even with all that sophisticated camera gear, Oppo didn’t quite claim the top spot.

The Find X9 Ultra runs a versatile quad-camera setup: a 200 MP f/1.5 main camera with a big 1/1.12-inch sensor, a 50 MP f/2.0 ultra-wide on a 1/1.95-inch sensor, a 200 MP f/2.2 periscope telephoto (70 mm equivalent, 1/1.28-inch sensor), and a 50 MP f/3.5 periscope that gives you 10x optical zoom at 230 mm (1/2.75-inch sensor). Those large sensors plus Hasselblad’s color science helped it score well for accurate colors in good light, low noise, and a strong portrait mode.

Where it falls short

DxOMark found a few weak spots. Because the main camera doesn’t have a variable aperture, it can struggle to keep everything in focus during group portraits when the background is busy. Oppo’s AI sometimes tries a little too hard to recover detail and ends up looking unnatural.

Noise reduction also gets messy when there are lights in the background, leaving visible grain. In low light the images often run a bit warm, and artificial lighting can throw the white balance off. The 70 mm and 230 mm telephotos capture plenty of detail, but the intermediate 135 mm range lags behind rivals, even though phones like the Vivo X300 Ultra also lean on digital zoom in that same middle ground.

The Find X9 Ultra had already earned plenty of praise in general reviews for how capable it is overall. The camera scores just underline the same point: big sensors and big brand partnerships aren’t enough on their own. Software processing, consistency across different situations, and how well the computational photography is tuned still decide who comes out on top.

Still, DxOMark’s findings keep it firmly in the elite group. A 170-point score is excellent in a lot of conditions. Future software updates could clean up some of the issues DxOMark flagged and maybe close that gap on a retest. For now, the Find X9 Ultra is a seriously strong imaging phone that just doesn’t quite reach the absolute peak.

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