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OnePlus 13R vs OnePlus 13

79 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
VS
87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
OnePlus 13R
OnePlus 13

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 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
  • Shows 8% longer battery life (31:17 vs 28:50 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 2405K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13 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
72.7
(Good)
Value Index
83.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13R
vs
OnePlus 13

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 20:9
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, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Ceramic Guard
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.6%
PWM 90 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 2 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13R +1%
1225 nits
OnePlus 13
1208 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.83/5) Good (3.71/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 120 drops Average (D) · 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13R +1%
91.2%
OnePlus 13
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3300 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
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		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903-1000 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13R
2195
OnePlus 13 +32%
2899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13R
6781
OnePlus 13 +32%
8945
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13R
16138
OnePlus 13 +55%
24988
Compute Score (GPU) 16138 24988
Single-core score 2195 2899
Multi-core score 6781 8945
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13R
2405504
OnePlus 13 +31%
3145582
CPU 675433 946374
GPU 817091 1154478
Memory 364528 370624
UX 548452 674106
Total score 2405504 3145582
Samples [29 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13R
1673
OnePlus 13 +47%
2455
Stability 70% 74%
Graphics test 12 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 1673 2455
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13R
8397
OnePlus 13 +35%
11360
Graphics test 32 FPS 43 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 32 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 27 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 8397 11360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 84%
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 6241
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13R
12616
OnePlus 13 +25%
15714
Web score 11853 14928
Video editing 6267 6982
Photo editing 22043 28408
Data manipulation 12569 14424
Writing score 15676 22334
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (164th and 84th 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-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
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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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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 15 OxygenOS 16
OS size 37 GB 54 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:35 hr
Battery cycles 1200 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:49 hr 13:42 hr
Watching video 21:40 hr 23:46 hr
Gaming 06:35 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 100 hr 120 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13R
28:50 hr
OnePlus 13 +8%
31:17 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 30FPS
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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
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 LYTIA-808
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.6
Focal length 47 mm 73 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 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 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 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
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 13R
90 dB
OnePlus 13 +2%
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 October 2024
Release date January 2025 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $899
Successor - OnePlus 15R - OnePlus 15
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- 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.
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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