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OnePlus 12R vs OnePlus 12

73 out of 100
OnePlus 12R
VS
80 out of 100
OnePlus 12
OnePlus 12R
OnePlus 12

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 12, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 2 months 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 (1)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2401K versus 1844K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 12 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
71.5
(Good)
Value Index
48.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.8:9
PPI 450 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.9% 91.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98% 99.5%
PWM 120 Hz Not detected
Response time 6 ms 11 ms
Contrast 134211:1 ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 12R +3%
1191 nits
OnePlus 12
1156 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 9.15 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gray, Blue White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 12R
90.9%
OnePlus 12
91.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 12
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3200 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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		 - 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
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 740 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 680 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 12R and OnePlus 12
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 12R
1988
OnePlus 12 +10%
2182
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 12R
5079
OnePlus 12 +27%
6465
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 12R
9051
OnePlus 12 +67%
15111
Compute Score (GPU) 9051 15111
Single-core score 1988 2182
Multi-core score 5079 6465
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 12R
1844595
OnePlus 12 +30%
2401788
CPU 616166 700922
GPU 433053 914074
Memory 262122 313211
UX 533254 573571
Total score 1844595 2401788
Samples [4 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 67%
Graphics test - 12 FPS
Graphics score - 1676
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 57%
Graphics test - 32 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 32 FPS
Section 3 - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 8360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 83%
Graphics test - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 4646
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 12226
Video editing - 6195
Photo editing - 23810
Data manipulation - 13418
Writing score - 17373
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#154th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 12R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-11 (Sumit)AnTuTu1749776
📘 2025-12-24 (dimah5642@gmail.com)AnTuTu1918311
📘 2025-12-06 (Tarun)AnTuTu1844595
📘 2025-10-15 (Desperate)AnTuTu1720823
📘 2025-01-31 (Шикимори())GeekBench GPU9051
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OnePlus 12
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-26 (Luvish)GeekBench GPU14849
📘 2026-08-26 (Luvish)GeekBench CPU2267 / 7083
📘 2026-08-11 -> Lukisek.CZAnTuTu2612288
📘 2026-07-31 (LukisekCZ)AnTuTu2540776
📘 2026-07-27 (михаил)AnTuTu2192049
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 15 OxygenOS 16
OS size 28 GB 30 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5400 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (70% in 15 min) Yes (70% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:25 hr 0:24 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:23 hr 13:10 hr
Watching video 20:20 hr 18:49 hr
Gaming 06:18 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 128 hr 114 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 12R +5%
29:36 hr
OnePlus 12
28:16 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
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) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 64 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX890 Sony LYT-T808
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
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
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 14 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 -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
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 +1%
83.1 dB
OnePlus 12
82.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2024 December 2023
Release date February 2024 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $799
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.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the OnePlus 12 is definitely a better buy.

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Atinder February 13, 2024 at 04:30 AM
As per the new specs on their website https://www.oneplus.in/12r/specs, Oneplus 12r has UFS 3.1 storage in all variants.
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