OnePlus 12 vs Apple iPhone 16 Plus
79
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83
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch OnePlus 12 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on December 5, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16 Plus, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 10 months after. 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 OnePlus 12
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Comes with 726 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 4674 mAh
- 23% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2401K versus 1949K)
- 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Plus
- Shows 22% longer battery life (34:32 vs 28:16 hours)
- Delivers 57% higher peak brightness (1809 against 1154 nits)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 49% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3256 and 2182 points
- Weighs 21 grams less
- The phone is 10 months newer
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 | 6.82 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 510 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 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 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.3% | 88% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.8% |
| PWM | Not detected | 256 Hz |
| Response time | 11 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 160.9 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.15 mm (0.36 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 220 g (7.76 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.78/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 15111 | 28158 |
| Single-core score | 2182 | 3256 |
| Multi-core score | 6465 | 8096 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 700922 | 585993 |
| GPU | 914074 | 563695 |
| Memory | 313211 | 218294 |
| UX | 573571 | 581763 |
| Total score | 2401788 | 1949745 |
| Samples | [26 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 67% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1676 | 1582 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 57% | - |
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 32 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 27 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8360 | 6750 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 83% | - |
| Graphics test | 27 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 4646 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12226 | - |
| Video editing | 6195 | - |
| Photo editing | 23810 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13418 | - |
| Writing score | 17373 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#167th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-26 (Eon) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1896 / 6424 |
| 📘 2026-09-20 -> nsy567808 | AnTuTu 11 | 2317311 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> nsy567808 | AnTuTu 11 | 2317311 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Lxrss) | AnTuTu 12 | 2464104 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Lukisek.CZ | AnTuTu 12 | 2733212 |
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-18 (Aj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1949745 |
| 📘 2026-04-23 (Ninety6Beast) | AnTuTu 11 | 1995425 |
| 📘 2026-03-03 (Ninety6Beast) | AnTuTu 11 | 1918031 |
| 📘 2026-02-20 (monolog) | AnTuTu 11 | 2007786 |
| 📘 2026-02-14 (Mathachai) | AnTuTu 11 | 1822701 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | - |
| OS size | 30 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5400 mAh | 4674 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 15 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:24 hr | 1:39 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:10 hr | 15:57 hr |
| Watching video | 18:49 hr | 21:26 hr |
| Gaming | 06:05 hr | 07:34 hr |
| Standby | 114 hr | 148 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (83rd and 16th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | 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: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-T808 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX581 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 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) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | February 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $899 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15 | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.33 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 | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Plus:
- In the USA, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model has 1 physical slot + eSIM. In China, a model with only two physical SIM cards is available.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, battery life, and software are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16 Plus. But if the display and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 12.
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