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OnePlus 13 vs Nothing Phone (3)

87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
VS
79 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3)
OnePlus 13
Nothing Phone (3)

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 Nothing Phone (3), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and came out 8 months after. 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 13
  • Shows 36% longer battery life (31:17 vs 22:56 hours)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 65W)
  • Comes with 850 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 5150 mAh
  • 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 2371K)
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • 37% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2899 and 2117 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (3)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1508 against 1208 nits)
  • The phone is 8 months newer

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (3) 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
83.0
(Good)
Value Index
63.9
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13
vs
Phone (3)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.67 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1260 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Ceramic Guard Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 95.5%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 2 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13
1208 nits
Phone (3) +25%
1508 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 160.6 mm (6.32 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 75.59 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.99 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 218 g (7.69 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.71/5) Good (3.34/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13 +2%
90.1%
Phone (3)
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (3)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Max clock 4320 MHz 3210 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 825
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (3)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13 +37%
2899
Phone (3)
2117
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13 +32%
8945
Phone (3)
6798
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13 +34%
24988
Phone (3)
18674
Compute Score (GPU) 24988 18674
Single-core score 2899 2117
Multi-core score 8945 6798
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13 +33%
3145582
Phone (3)
2371693
CPU 946374 707936
GPU 1154478 802873
Memory 370624 376970
UX 674106 483914
Total score 3145582 2371693
Samples [33 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13 +40%
2455
Phone (3)
1749
Stability 74% 61%
Graphics test 18 FPS 13 FPS
Graphics score 2455 1749
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13 +43%
11360
Phone (3)
7966
Graphics test 43 FPS 30 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 44 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 37 FPS 25 FPS
Graphics score 11360 7966
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 84% -
Graphics test 37 FPS -
Graphics score 6241 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13 +10%
15714
Phone (3)
14328
Web score 14928 13254
Video editing 6982 6510
Photo editing 28408 27186
Data manipulation 14424 13887
Writing score 22334 19394
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (84th and 179th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (InDominusRex)AnTuTu 123200877
📘 2026-09-22 (Keremss)Geekbench 6 CPU3032 / 9438
📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69AnTuTu 113139994
📘 2026-08-23 ([006])AnTuTu 113121992
📘 2026-08-08 (Ilxom)AnTuTu 113257102
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Nothing Phone (3)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (Val)AnTuTu 122658288
📘 2026-07-15 (Leo)AnTuTu 112371693
📘 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit)AnTuTu 112392977
📘 2026-03-14 (Michael)AnTuTu 112428616
📘 2026-02-01 (TheFunder)AnTuTu 112270521
Add View all (13)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 16
ROM OxygenOS 16 Nothing OS 4.0
OS size 54 GB 26 GB
OS updates 4 years 5 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5150 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 65 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 15 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:00 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1400 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:42 hr 08:36 hr
Watching video 23:46 hr 13:19 hr
Gaming 06:05 hr 05:45 hr
Standby 120 hr 117 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13 +36%
31:17 hr
Phone (3)
22:56 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED 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° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-808 Omnivision OV50H
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.3" (≈ 0.77 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.7
Focal length 73 mm -
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX615 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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/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 6.0
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 No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
OnePlus 13
91.8 dB
Phone (3) +2%
93.2 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 July 2025
Release date January 2025 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $799
Successor - OnePlus 15 -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
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.
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).
*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.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
88 (72.1%)
34 (27.9%)
Total votes: 122

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