iQOO 12 5G Game Test & Performance Review

The iQOO 12 5G is one of the best performance phones under 50,000 in India right now because it has a fast Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor phone and an AnTuTu score of 2107004. Additionally, it has a 1.5K AMOLED 3000 nits bright and attractive display. This phone has a 5,000mAh solid battery backup. However, is it a good gaming phone?

In this post, I will provide my iQOO 12 5G game test experience after 6 months of high graphics game use like BGMI, Call of Duty, and Genshin Impact.

iQOO 12 5G Game Test Requirements

iQOO 12 5G Design and Build Quality

iQOO 12 5G boasts a sleek and premium look design. It comes in three unique colors Alpha, Legend, and Desert Red. This phone is lightweight and durable. its weight is just 203.7g and IP64 dust water protection. This means iQOO 12 5G is best for long-term gaming and multitasking.

iQOO 12 5G Display Quality

iQOO 12 5G offers good visual quality because it has a 6.78-inch AMOLED LTPO 144Hz screen with 3000nits peak brightness. The game runs smoothly, and its detailed texture with realistic shadows boosts your gameplay energy.

Overall, the Display is good. During gameplay time I do not feel any touch response issues. Additionally, this display supports HDR10+ video quality on YouTube and Netflix.

iQOO 12 5G Processor and Operating System

iQOO 12 5G powered by the latest powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen3 4nm processor. it is a Good process Because its AnTuTu Score is 2107004 and iQOO 12 5G is the third most AnTuTu score rank phone.

This phone runs on Vivo Funtouch OS 14 based on Android 14, with 3 years of major Android updates and 4 years of security patch updates. Overall iQOO 12 5G gives a clean UI and no third-party apps.

iQOO 12 5G RAM and Storage

RAM: iQOO 12 5G has an LPDDR5X high-performance RAM that consumes less battery and has more power-saving capabilities. This RAM provides smooth gaming, app switching, and multitasking. Its data transfer speed is very high.

Storage: iQOO 12 5G has the latest UFS-4.0 storage. This storage supports fast data transfer speeds, fast downloading and copy-pasting, and more power-saving capability. It reduces loading time, and throttling and provides smooth gaming.

overall, iQOO 12 5G provides high-quality RAM and Storage.

iQOO 12 5G GPU and Touch Sampling Rate

A good gaming phone requires good graphics and Vivo sub-brand iQOO provides an excellent graphics chipset. iQOO 12 5G has an Adreno 750 GPU and Q1 chipset for better gaming multitasking. This phone has a 1200Hz touch sampling rate for gaming mood.

iQOO 12 5G AnTuTu Score and Frame Rate Stability

iQOO 12 5G AnTuTu score, GeekBench single score, and multi-score indicate excellent performance for mobile gaming and multitasking, and its CPU throttling test is good.

Overall, in the real world, BGMI supports 90fps, Call of Duty supports 120fps, and Genshin Impact supports 90fps.

iQOO 12 5G Additional Gaming Feature

• Chip Q1: iQOO uses a dedicated chip to optimize game performance and reduce power consumption.
• 4D Game Vibration: iQOO 12 5G immersive haptic feedback and enhance your gaming experience.
• Dual stereo speakers: iQOO 12 5G dual stereo speaker Delivers immersive audio quality to boost your gaming experience

iQOO 12 5G Gameplay Performance Test

If you found iQOO 12 5G the best BGMI gameplay setting? This table provides you best smooth gaming experience with a gyroscope setting.

iQOO 12 5G BGMI Gameplay

• My iQOO 12 5G delivered impressive performance during one hour of Smooth + 90fps setting gameplay with no lag and no heating issues.
• This phone one hour very high graphics HDR + Extreme setting Erangle map gameplay performance is a smooth frame rate of 59-57fps and the gyroscope smoothly works.
• iQOO 12 5G Monster mode on and smooth + 90fps gameplay experience is very bad. its frame rate drops 64-79fps. This time phone consistently lags and no heating notice.

Overall, iQOO 12 5G Smooth 90fps and HDR + Extreme settings gameplay is good but monster mode on gameplay is very bad my recommendations do not on monster mode gameplay time.

iQOO 12 5G COD and Genshin Impact Gameplay

• Call of Duty:- iQOO 12 5G Call of Duty game delivered impressive performance during one hour of smooth + 120 Fps settings gameplay. My phone consistently delivered 197-192fps smoothly with no lag.
• This phone has one hour of very high graphics + Ultra frame gameplay smooth no lag no heating issues and It consistently delivers 89-87fps.

• Genshin Impact: This phone has one hour of very high graphics + Ultra 60fps frame rate Genshin gameplay is smooth no lag and no heating issues and It consistently delivers 59-58fps.

Overall, the iQOO 12 COD and Genshin Impact gameplay performance is smooth no lag and no heating issues. But monster mode gameplay is very bad and the high frame rate drops.

iQOO 12 5G Thermal Management

iQOO 12 5G boasts impressive thermal management capabilities. It has a 6K(6010mm) larger vapor chamber cooling system.

My gameplay time mobile temperature is 33 degrees and one-hour gameplay over its temperature increase 38 degrees. Which is normal to the other phone.

iQOO 12 5G Battery Life and Power Consumptions

Every gaming phone needs a high-capacity battery and Vivo sub-brand iQOO solves this problem. iQOO 12 5G has a 5,000mAh Li-Po battery and a 120W flash charger included in the box.

iQOO 12 5G PC Mark battery test 14 hours 14 minutes and one-hour heavy gameplay battery drains 16%, which means BGMI gameplay supports 7 hours easily. Day-to-day social media uses like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Netflix are used easily back one day.

iQOO 12 5G official 120W flash charger 0 to 100% charge in 27 minutes. Which is good for every user.

iQOO 12 5G Gameplay User Experience

Positivity: Pros

• Visual Quality: it has a 6.78-inch 1.5K AMOLED HDR10+ display with 120Hz refresh rate and 1200Hz touch sampling rate providing quick response time, overall enhancing the gaming experience.
• Powerful Processor: iQOO 12 5G has a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 4nm processor to handle high graphics games and gives lag free experience.
• Dedicate gaming mode: iQOO 12 5G has an optimized game performance mode.
• Cooling System: The iQOO 12 5G thermal management system is better than other smartphones.

Negativity: Cons

• iQOO 12 5G does not support wireless charging.
• This phone has a lot of pre-install apps.
• iQOO 12 5G price is too high.

Final Verdict

If you found the best gaming phone under 50,000 price iQOO 12 5g is best for you. it has a good display, design, look, and battery backup. But if you found the best camera and gaming performance, the Vivo V40 Pro 5G is the best because it has a MediaTek Dimensity 9200+ processor. So, thank you for reading my iQOO 12 5G game test article.

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