coolpad COOL 40i vs realme GT8

coolpad
COOL 40i

realme
GT8
At a glance
- Brand
- Coolpad
- realme
- Release date
- December 2024, 1 years 5 months ago
- October 2025, 7 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 155.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 54% of devices
- 3.322.942 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 98% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- CN¥ 2,899.00 ($ 424.88)
Display
- Size
- 6.56"
- 6.79"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1612 px HD+
- 1440 x 3136 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED BOE Q10+
- Density
- 269 ppi Medium Density
- 508 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 90 Hz, Brightnes 400 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Capacitive, Multi-touch
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, 1-165 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 144 Hz, Touch sampling rate 360 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 2000 cd/m², Peak brightness - 7000 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Crystal Armor Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, LTPO (Low Temperature PolySilicon oxide)
Performance
- Chipset
- MediaTek Helio G37
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
- CPU
- 8x2.3GHz Cortex A53
- 2x4.32 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix L+ 6x3.53 GHz Oryon V2 Phoenix M
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 2.3 GHz
- 4.32 GHz
- GPU
- PowerVR GE832
- Adreno 830
- RAM
- 4 GB
- 12 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR4X RAM
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Autofocus, Touch focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- UIS, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Sensor
- —
- Sony LYT-700C
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 16 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.0
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- —
- Sony IMX480
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 4500 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Ion
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 10.0W
- Yes , 100.0W
- Features
- Non-removable
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 256 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Independent SD slot
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 77.0 mm 166.2 mm 8.3 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.9 mm 161.8 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 202 g
- 214 g
- Materials
- Polycarbonate
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Black White Blue Pink
- Black White Violet
- Usable surface
- 80 %
- 90 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68, IP69
Software
- Operating system
- Android 14 Upside-down cake Android 14
- Android 16 RealmeUI 7.0 (Android 16)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Without Google Mobile services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B20 (800), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B8 (900), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- CDMA BC0 (800), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n18 (850), n26 (850), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800), n84 (2100)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Audio
- —
- Hi-Res Audio, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones

















