Nothing Phone (3) vs Apple iPhone 16
79
out of 100
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80
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Nothing Phone (3) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on July 2, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 16, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 10 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 0.57 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1589 mAh larger battery capacity: 5150 vs 3561 mAh
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2371K versus 1985K)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16
- Shows 30% longer battery life (29:45 vs 22:56 hours)
- Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1692 against 1507 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 62% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3431 and 2117 points
- Weighs 48 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.67 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1260 x 2800 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.5% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 95.5% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 4 ms | 3 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Phone (3)
6.67″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
iPhone 16
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.6 mm (6.32 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 75.59 mm (2.98 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.99 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 218 g (7.69 oz) | 170 g (6 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.34/5) | Average (2.8/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3210 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 825 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2355.2 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 18674 | 28010 |
| Single-core score | 2117 | 3431 |
| Multi-core score | 6798 | 8638 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 707936 | 621688 |
| GPU | 802873 | 592569 |
| Memory | 376970 | 184239 |
| UX | 483914 | 587104 |
| Total score | 2371693 | 1985600 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | [16 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 61% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1749 | 1579 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 30 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 34 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 31 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 7966 | 6781 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13254 | - |
| Video editing | 6510 | - |
| Photo editing | 27186 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13887 | - |
| Writing score | 19394 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#179th place)
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (3)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Val) | AnTuTu 12 | 2658288 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Leo) | AnTuTu 11 | 2371693 |
| 📘 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit) | AnTuTu 11 | 2392977 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Michael) | AnTuTu 11 | 2428616 |
| 📘 2026-02-01 (TheFunder) | AnTuTu 11 | 2270521 |
Apple iPhone 16
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-30 (Dddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1905485 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (vovachips) | AnTuTu 11 | 1842572 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3531 / 9122 |
| 📘 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | AnTuTu 11 | 2045650 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Sepehr Naraghipour) | AnTuTu 11 | 2018367 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | Nothing OS 4.0 | - |
| OS size | 26 GB | 16 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5150 mAh | 3561 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (63% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 1:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1400 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:36 hr | 13:44 hr |
| Watching video | 13:19 hr | 18:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:45 hr | 05:56 hr |
| Standby | 117 hr | 130 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#52nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV50H | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.7 | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | - | 116 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN1 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | July 2025 | September 2024 |
| Release date | July 2025 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $799 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.41 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Phone (3):
- The Indian model has a 5500 mAh battery, compared to 5150 mAh in the international one, (including the U.S. version).
Notes on iPhone 16:
- The US model is eSIM-only, while the international version offers both a physical SIM slot and eSIM support.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16. But if the display and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Nothing Phone (3).
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