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OnePlus 12R vs OnePlus 11

73 out of 100
OnePlus 12R
VS
69 out of 100
OnePlus 11
OnePlus 12R
OnePlus 11

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 12R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on January 23, 2024, against the OnePlus 11, which is powered by the same chip and came out 1 year and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12R
  • Shows 38% longer battery life (29:36 vs 21:26 hours)
  • Delivers 54% higher peak brightness (1189 against 771 nits)
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 17% higher pixel density (525 vs 450 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 11 crucial features
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
71.5
(Good)
Value Index
24.2
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 12R
vs
OnePlus 11

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 525 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 89.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98% 96.9%
PWM 120 Hz 361 Hz
Response time 6 ms 6 ms
Contrast 134211:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 12R +54%
1189 nits
OnePlus 11
771 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.53 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 12R +1%
90.9%
OnePlus 11
89.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 680 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 12R
1988
OnePlus 11 +1%
2013
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 12R
5079
OnePlus 11 +10%
5590
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 12R
9051
OnePlus 11 +8%
9753
Compute Score (GPU) 9051 9753
Single-core score 1988 2013
Multi-core score 5079 5590
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 12R
1844595
OnePlus 11
1846250
CPU 616166 575482
GPU 433053 441424
Memory 262122 310320
UX 533254 519024
Total score 1844595 1846250
Samples [4 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1091
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 67%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 23 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5312
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3671
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11011
Video editing - 5985
Photo editing - 24430
Data manipulation - 11356
Writing score - 16368
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 12R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-27 (Babababi)AnTuTu 121953931
📘 2026-01-11 (Sumit)AnTuTu 111749776
📘 2025-12-24 (dimah5642@gmail.com)AnTuTu 111918311
📘 2025-12-06 (Tarun)AnTuTu 111844595
📘 2025-10-15 (Desperate)AnTuTu 111720823
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OnePlus 11
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Alex)AnTuTu 122324532
📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
📘 2026-08-02 (w1ndyy)AnTuTu 111919007
📘 2026-05-03 (lnz)Geekbench 6 CPU2025 / 5765
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 15 OxygenOS 16
OS size 28 GB 37 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (70% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 8 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:22 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:23 hr 07:48 hr
Watching video 20:20 hr 14:28 hr
Gaming 06:18 hr 05:12 hr
Standby 128 hr 102 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 12R +38%
29:36 hr
OnePlus 11
21:26 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 2x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 32 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX890 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 32 MP
Aperture - f/2.0
Focal length - 48 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX709
Sensor size - 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.8 micron
Stabilization - Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX581
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 22 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV02B -
Sensor size 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 60
Zoom - 103
Samples - Photo samples of OnePlus 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9 Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

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)
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 5.3 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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 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
OnePlus 12R
83.1 dB
OnePlus 11 +3%
85.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 January 2023
Release date February 2024 January 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $699
Successor - OnePlus 15R - OnePlus 15
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 12R:
    - - The 128 GB model has UFS 3.1 memory, unlike other versions with UFS 4.0. - Only the American version CPH2611 supports eSIM.
Notes on OnePlus 11:
    - The 128GB version features UFS 3.1 storage, while the other configurations utilize UFS 4.0 storage.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the battery life and design are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 12R. But if the software is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 11.

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