OnePlus 13R vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

78 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
VS
79 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 13R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 7, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 4 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13R
  • Comes with 2726 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has a 0.68 inch larger screen size
  • 66% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2405K versus 1452K)
  • Shows 16% longer battery life (28:50 vs 24:47 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 23W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (1788 against 1227 nits)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 33% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2195 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.17 mm narrower
  • Weighs 19 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13R and Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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
8 / 128 GB
70.7
(Good)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i -
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM 90 Hz 242 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13R
6.78″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1227 nits
1788 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.83/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 120 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13R and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3300 MHz 3780 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 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13R and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7115
Compute Score (GPU)
16138
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 16138 28057
Single-core score 2195 2915
Multi-core score 6781 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
2405504
1452754
CPU 675433 368915
GPU 817091 490265
Memory 364528 182600
UX 548452 410974
Total score 2405504 1452754
Samples [29 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1673
Stability 70% 71%
Graphics test 12 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 1673 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
8397
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 32 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 8397 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11853 -
Video editing 6267 -
Photo editing 22043 -
Data manipulation 12569 -
Writing score 15676 -
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#165th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-15 -> kv-verAnTuTu 112512119
📘 2026-07-07 (Oppo findx5 user)AnTuTu 112407150
📘 2026-05-28 (Nautilus1985)AnTuTu 112503771
📘 2026-02-21 (UNIQUE KC)AnTuTu 112381948
📘 2026-02-09 (Junaid)AnTuTu 112492395
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4800 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM OxygenOS 15 -
OS size 37 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 1:33 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:49 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 21:40 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 06:35 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 100 hr 111 hr
General battery life
28:50 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906) Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.8
Focal length 47 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 85
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
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, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
90 dB
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 September 2023
Release date January 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $999
Successor - OnePlus 15R - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13R:
    - This is the global version of the OnePlus Ace 5 smartphone.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 15 Pro. But if the gaming and battery life are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13R.

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