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OnePlus 13R vs OnePlus 12

79 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
VS
80 out of 100
OnePlus 12
OnePlus 13R
OnePlus 12

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 OnePlus 12, 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 13R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13R 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
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
72.7
(Good)
Value Index
48.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13R
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 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 91.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.5%
PWM 90 Hz Not detected
Response time 2 ms 11 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13R +7%
1233 nits
OnePlus 12
1156 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) 9.15 mm (0.36 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 220 g (7.76 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.83/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 120 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13R
91.2%
OnePlus 12
91.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 12
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 3300 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
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		 - 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 12 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 12
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13R +1%
2195
OnePlus 12
2182
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13R +5%
6781
OnePlus 12
6465
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13R +7%
16138
OnePlus 12
15111
Compute Score (GPU) 16138 15111
Single-core score 2195 2182
Multi-core score 6781 6465
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13R
2405504
OnePlus 12
2401788
CPU 675433 700922
GPU 817091 914074
Memory 364528 313211
UX 548452 573571
Total score 2405504 2401788
Samples [29 tests] [26 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 70% 67%
Graphics test 12 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 1673 1676
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 57%
Graphics test 32 FPS 32 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 32 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 8397 8360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 83%
Graphics test - 27 FPS
Graphics score - 4646
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13R
12616
OnePlus 12 +5%
13302
Web score 11853 12226
Video editing 6267 6195
Photo editing 22043 23810
Data manipulation 12569 13418
Writing score 15676 17373
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (151st and 154th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-15 -> kv-verAnTuTu2512119
📘 2026-07-07 (Oppo findx5 user)AnTuTu2407150
📘 2026-05-28 (Nautilus1985)AnTuTu2503771
📘 2026-02-21 (UNIQUE KC)AnTuTu2381948
📘 2026-02-09 (Junaid)AnTuTu2492395
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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
Add View all (46)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 4266 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 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 15 OxygenOS 16
OS size 37 GB 30 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 5400 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:24 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:49 hr 13:10 hr
Watching video 21:40 hr 18:49 hr
Gaming 06:35 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 100 hr 114 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13R +2%
28:50 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 Optical, 2x 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 (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 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 LYT-700 (IMX 906) 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 Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 64 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.6
Focal length 47 mm 70 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Omnivision OV64B
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital 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

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung 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 5.4 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, QZSS 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
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
OnePlus 13R +9%
90 dB
OnePlus 12
82.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 December 2023
Release date January 2025 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $799
Successor - OnePlus 15R - OnePlus 15
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 100 W
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

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the OnePlus 12. It has a better camera, connectivity, software, and sound.

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