OnePlus 13 vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
87
out of 100
VS
71
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch OnePlus 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 31, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 years and 2 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 OnePlus 13
- 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 1222K)
- Comes with 2905 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3095 mAh
- Has a 0.72 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Shows 33% longer battery life (31:17 vs 23:32 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 13% higher peak brightness (1195 against 1054 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 3 years and 2 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5 mm narrower
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 | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 510 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Ceramic Guard | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13
6.82″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.71/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Average (D) · 45 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | Apple GPU (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24988 | 21903 |
| Single-core score | 2899 | 2450 |
| Multi-core score | 8945 | 6170 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 946374 | 311650 |
| GPU | 1154478 | 389528 |
| Memory | 370624 | 136036 |
| UX | 674106 | 385319 |
| Total score | 3145582 | 1222533 |
| Samples | [33 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 74% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2455 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11360 | 3765 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 84% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6241 | 2949 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14928 | - |
| Video editing | 6982 | - |
| Photo editing | 28408 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14424 | - |
| Writing score | 22334 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#84th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (InDominusRex) | AnTuTu 12 | 3200877 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 (Keremss) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3032 / 9438 |
| 📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69 | AnTuTu 11 | 3139994 |
| 📘 2026-08-23 ([006]) | AnTuTu 11 | 3121992 |
| 📘 2026-08-08 (Ilxom) | AnTuTu 11 | 3257102 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1222533 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (Mental Vikash) | AnTuTu 11 | 1200314 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | - |
| OS size | 54 GB | 15.2 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | - |
| Security updates | 6 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 15 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 13:42 hr | 09:39 hr |
| Watching video | 23:46 hr | 15:16 hr |
| Gaming | 06:05 hr | 05:20 hr |
| Standby | 120 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#34th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | 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 | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYTIA-808 | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 73 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | - | 119 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 128 |
| Video | - | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 18 |
| 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 | October 2024 | September 2021 |
| Release date | January 2025 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $1000 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15 | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | - |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13:
- The "Arctic Dawn" and "Black Eclipse" models are 8.5 mm thick and weigh 213g, while "Midnight Ocean" is 8.9 mm and 210g.
- The Chinese and Indian versions do not support 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 13 is definitely a better buy.
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