Technical Glossary (1935 terms)

Standardized hardware and benchmark definitions across smartphones, laptops, CPUs, GPUs, SoCs, and tablets.

• VA — Vertical Alignment — an LCD panel type with high contrast. [ DISPLAY ]
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association — sets DisplayPort, HDR, and adaptive-sync standards. [ BRANDS ]
• VESA DisplayHDR — A VESA standard that grades HDR displays into tiers from 400 to 1400 based on brightness and contrast. [ DISPLAY ]
• VGA — A legacy analog display connector used on old monitors and projectors. [ PORTS ]
• VOOC — Oppo/OnePlus's proprietary fast-charging technology. [ BATTERY ]
• VRAM — Dedicated memory on a graphics card; more VRAM enables higher resolutions and textures. [ MEMORY ]
• VSync — Vertical sync — limits FPS to the refresh rate to stop tearing. [ GAMING ]
• Vapor Chamber — A flat heat-spreading cooling plate used in laptops and phones to lower temperatures under load. [ PERFORMANCE ]
• Variable Refresh Rate — The screen's ability to change refresh rate dynamically to save battery or match frame output. [ DISPLAY ]
• Vega — AMD's GPU architecture used in RX Vega and Ryzen iGPUs (2017). [ CHIPS ]
• Verified Specs — Specs that DeviceBenchmark engineers have confirmed against official manufacturer datasheets rather than preliminary rumors. [ GENERAL ]
• Vermeer — Vermeer is AMD's desktop codename for its Zen 3 Ryzen CPUs. [ CHIPS ]
• Video Codecs — Compression formats for video (H.264, HEVC, AV1); AV1 is the most efficient for streaming. [ CAMERA ]
• Visionox — Chinese OLED panel maker supplying AMOLED displays to smartphone brands. [ BRANDS ]
• Vivid mode — A display preset that boosts saturation and contrast for punchier colours. [ DISPLAY ]
• Vivo — Chinese phone maker known for camera innovation, gimbal stabilization, and OriginOS. [ BRANDS ]
• Vivo X200 — Vivo's camera flagship with Zeiss optics launched in 2025. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• Vivo X300 Ultra — Vivo's pro camera flagship with gimbal stabilization launched in 2026. [ PRODUCT LINES ]
• VoLTE — Voice over LTE, carrying phone calls over the 4G data network. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• VoNR — Voice over New Radio, carrying calls over the 5G network. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• VoiceOver — Apple's screen reader, built into iOS and macOS devices. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Volta — NVIDIA's GPU architecture that introduced Tensor Cores (2017). [ CHIPS ]
• Vortex — Vortex was an AMD CPU core design from the Bulldozer era. [ CHIPS ]
• WOLED — White-OLED with color filters, a common OLED TV approach. [ DISPLAY ]
• WPA2 — The previous Wi-Fi security standard, still widely used. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• WPA3 — The latest Wi-Fi security standard, stronger than WPA2. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• WebXPRT — WebXPRT is a browser benchmark modelled on real web tasks. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Western Digital — Storage company making WD and SanDisk HDDs, SSDs, and memory cards. [ BRANDS ]
• Wi-Fi 4 — Wi-Fi 4 is the 802.11n generation, adding MIMO and faster 2.4/5 GHz speeds. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi 5 — Wi-Fi 5 is the 802.11ac generation, focused on fast 5 GHz throughput. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi 7 — Latest Wi-Fi generation (be) with 320 MHz channels and multi-link for lower latency and higher throughput. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi 8 — Wi-Fi 8 is the upcoming 802.11bn generation, targeting reliability and efficiency. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi Alliance — The industry group that certifies and names Wi-Fi generations. [ BRANDS ]
• Wi-Fi Direct — A Wi-Fi mode that connects devices directly without a router. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi Display — A standard for streaming a device's screen to a display over Wi-Fi. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi Hotspot — A feature that shares a device's internet as a Wi-Fi access point. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi calling — Making and receiving calls over Wi-Fi instead of cellular. [ CONNECTIVITY ]
• Wi-Fi chip — A Wi-Fi chip provides wireless networking to a device. [ CHIPS ]
• Widevine — A DRM system used to play protected HD and 4K streams on devices. [ DISPLAY ]
• Wild Life Stress Test — The Wild Life Stress Test repeatedly runs a gaming load to assess sustained performance. [ BENCHMARK ]
• Windows — Microsoft's Windows operating system for personal computers. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Windows 10 — Windows 10 is Microsoft's 2015 desktop operating system. [ SOFTWARE ]
• Wireless Charging — Inductive charging via pad or MagSafe magnets; typically 7.5-25 W. [ BATTERY ]
• XDR — Apple's branding for its Extreme Dynamic Range displays with high brightness and contrast. [ DISPLAY ]
• XFX — XFX is a brand that produces AMD Radeon graphics cards. [ BRANDS ]
• XMP — Intel's Extreme Memory Profile for one-click RAM overclocking. [ MEMORY ]
• XQD — A professional memory card standard that preceded CFexpress. [ STORAGE ]
• Xbox — Xbox is Microsoft's family of gaming consoles and services. [ GAMING ]
• Xbox Game Pass — Microsoft's subscription service giving access to a library of games. [ GAMING ]
• Xclipse — Samsung's GPU brand (based on AMD RDNA) used in Exynos SoCs. [ BRANDS ]