Recently Vivo launches its new T4 series smartphone Vivo T4x 5G in India on 5 March. It’s a successor of the Vivo T3 series smartphone. The Vivo T4x 5G has a budget-friendly smartphone under 15,000 and its specification are impressive. It powered by Dimensity 7300 chipset and 6400mAh battery backup. But it is good for gaming?
In this post, “The Gaming Test Team” share Vivo T4x 5G gaming capabilities, testing frame rates, thermal performance, battery efficiency, and more. Whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore gamer, find out this phone is good for gaming to read this post.
Vivo T4x 5G Hardware review for Gaming Performance
Vivo T4x: MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Processor review
| Specifications | Vivo T4x 5G |
| Processor | MediaTek Dimensity 7300 |
| GPU | Arm Mali-G615 MC2 |
| RAM Type | LPDDR4X |
| Storgae Type | UFS 3.1 |
| Antutu score | 697960 |
| CPU Throttling | 94% |
The Vivo T4x is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Processor with its antutu score 697,960. its a 4nm 5G processor designed for mid-range 5G devices for day to day life casual tasking and gaming.
Honestly, this processor is for good casual gaming, it handle 60fps BGMI gaming, CoD Mobile and Genshin Impact games. I haven’t seen any lag during daily uses and day-to-day normal tasks.
Graphics (GPU) and Touch Sampling Rate
Every good gaming smartphone requires good graphic hardware for better gaming experience and the T4x 5G has a decent gaming GPU. The Vivo T4x 5G is equipped with an Arm Mali-G615 MC2 GPU, ideal for casual gaming, providing a smooth frame rate (60fps).
And this phone touch response is excellent, though the exact touch sampling rate isn’t specified, but it works smoothly in-game.
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LPDDR4X- RAM
The Vivo T4x 5G has 6GB LPDDR4X RAM and 6GB Extra Virtual RAM. it is a good RAM it this 15,000 price. Cause LPDDR4X RAM consumes less energy and offers more power-saving capabilities, providing smooth multitasking, app switching and casual gaming.
UFS-3.1- Storage
The Vivo T4x 5G has UFS-3.1 storage. In this price many others phones use UFS-2.2 storage. While we compared the others smartphone like the Nothing Phone 3a series use UFS-2.2 storage under 30,000 price the Vivo T4x 5G is best.
UFS-3.1 storage support fast File transfers, copy-paste actions, apps switching, downloading, more background apps running capabilities and taking files from other devices through Easy share option work quickly.
Vivo T4x- Antutu and Geekbench Scores
- AnTuTu: the Vivo T4x 5G scored 697960+ points.
- Geekbench: Single-core score of 1,027, multi-core score of 2,824.
- CPU Throttling: 94% of peak performance
- 3DMark Wild Life: Achieved a 99.9 stability, showcasing its ability to handle graphically intensive games
Overall, these benchmark score highlight the Vivo T4x 5G decent performance for gaming except throttling, High graphics demanding games like BGMI, PUBG Mobile, and Call of Duty support 60fps with major frame drops after longer session gaming.
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Vivo T4x: Display review
| Display | Vivo T4x 5G |
| Size | 6.72 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD Screen |
| Refresh Rate | 120Hz |
| Touch Sampling Rate | 240Hz (Expected) |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2408 pixels |
| PPI | 393 ppi |
| Peak Brightness | 1050 nits (HBM) |
| IP Rating | IP64 |
The Vivo T4x 5G has a 120Hz IPS LCD screen with HDR10+ visual quality support for smooth visual and vibrant colours with 240Hz touch rate(expected). While 300+ touch rate is best. But T4x 5G responsive time is average in BGMI, CoD Mobile and others games.
And this phones peak brightness are not specified but it has 1300nits HBM provides better visibility outdoors. When we play games and doing other tasks in outdoors it easily visible and it enhancing your visual gaming performance.
The T4x 5G has Widewile L1 support, It means HDR10+ content support on YouTube. but, HDR content doesn’t support on Netflix and others platform.
Vivo T4x: Network, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Speaker
- During our long session game test, the Vivo T4x 5G strong network with 8+ 5G and VoNR capabilities significantly boosted gaming performance.
- Its Bluetooth 5.4 and Wi-Fi 6 work great with no connectivity issues. Bluetooth supports A2DP and LE connection, providing excellent bass and cleared sound quality.
- It has Loud stereo speakers and its sound quality is greet and 3.5mm headphone jack is not available, you can connect earbuds or type c audio jack.
Vivo T4x 5G Gaming Test review:
BGMI Graphics Settings and Gameplay Review
| BGMI Graphics | Vivo T4x 5G |
| Smooth | Extreme |
| Balanced | Extreme |
| HD | HDR |
| HDR | Ultra |
| Ultra HDR | N/A |
| Extreme HDR | NA |
if you are searching for the Vivo T4x 5G BGMI graphics setting. This table provide you a details brackdown for your better understanding. The Vivo T4x support highest 60FPS gameplay.
BGMI Gaming Test Setup
We tested BGMI on the Vivo T4x 5G using two graphics settings to evaluate its gaming performance across different setting:
- Graphics Settings: Smooth + Extreme (60 FPS) and HDR + Ultra(40 FPS)
- Session: 1-hour continuous play
- Monitoring Tools: We monitored real-time FPS meter for checked frame drops, and recorded battery drain and device temperature after 1 hour of continuous gameplay..
Vivo T4x BGMI Gameplay
- My T4x 5G delivered impressive performance during a 1 hour BGMI session with smooth + extreme settings.
- I experienced minimal lag and no significant heating issues. The phone maintained a stable frame rate, delivering 59-61 FPS during TDM matches and 51 to 57 FPS throughout gameplay on various maps like Erangel, Sanhok, and Livik.
- Occasional frame drops to 43 FPS occurred on Sanhok map, but the phone quickly recovered to its smooth performance.
- Additionally, the battery drain was 4% after 47 minutes of play, and the phone remained cool even with the highest settings.
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Overall, this real-world BGMI test the Vivo T4x 5G capabilities 60fps not a 90fps and you weight for 90FPS gameplay T4x kill your expectation. This phone is good for casual 60FPS players, below average gaming, and it may be improved after update.
COD and Genshin Impact Settings
Call of Duty on Vivo T4x 5G runs at 90 FPS without any frame drops. It also runs heavy games like Genshin Impact at 40fps and gives an average 35FPS frame rate.
Battery: 6400mAh
- Every smartphone battery plays a major role for every gamer. It comes with a large 6400mAh battery with a 44W charger support and this charger is available in the box and it support 5W wireless charging.
- The battery drain was 4% after an 47 minutes of BGMI gameplay, and the phone remained cool even with the highest settings.
- You can play games non-stop for 6 to 8 hours and perform any heavy tasks. For normal day-to-day life with social apps, it can last one day easily.
- The 44W charger takes 1 hour 35 minutes to fully charge, which is really good. So, the batter performance well good and gives you long gameplay.
Vivo T4x 5G Pros & Cons
Here’s a quick guide of Vivo T4x 5G pros and cons to help you decide if it’s the right choice for you.
Pros
- Affordable Price: This avalible Rs 13,999 with discounts.
- Battery Life: Large 6,400mAh battery for extended gaming sessions.
- High Refresh Rate Display: The 120Hz refresh rate provides smooth visuals during gameplay
- Thermal: This phone’s CPU throttling test showed 94% stability, ensuring consistent performance.
Cons
- Processor Limits: Not ideal for heavy gaming.
- LCD Display: This phone features an LCD panel not a AMOLED screen, which results in less vibrant color.
- UI issues: The FunTouch OS 15 has bloatware and spammy notifications during gaming.
Conclusion
The Vivo T4x 5G is casual 60fps gaming phone who prioritize a balance performance, good battery life and design, with affordable price. However, if you’re a hardcore gamer and your priority top graphics games with high frame rat, you might be consider Snapdragon 7/8 series processor or Dimensity 9000+ processor smartphone for better gaming performance.