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OnePlus 13s vs OnePlus 13R

83 out of 100
OnePlus 13s
VS
79 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
OnePlus 13s
OnePlus 13R

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 13s (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on June 5, 2025, against the OnePlus 13R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 5 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 13s
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3013K versus 2405K)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2802 and 2195 points
  • Weighs 21 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13R
  • Has a 0.46 inch larger screen size

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13s and OnePlus 13R 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
45.8
(Average)
Value Index
72.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.54:9 19.8:9
PPI 460 ppi 450 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 Crystal Shield Glass Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.6% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - 90 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13R
6.78β€³ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
OnePlus 13s
6.32β€³ (19.54:9 ratio) = 15.2 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13s
n/a
OnePlus 13R
1233 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.8 mm (5.94 inches) 161.72 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 75.77 mm (2.98 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.02 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Pink Black, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.83/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 120 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13s
90.6%
OnePlus 13R +1%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13s and OnePlus 13R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4320 MHz 3300 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 2.27 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 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13s and OnePlus 13R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13s +28%
2802
OnePlus 13R
2195
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13s +30%
8830
OnePlus 13R
6781
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13s +54%
24802
OnePlus 13R
16138
Compute Score (GPU) 24802 16138
Single-core score 2802 2195
Multi-core score 8830 6781
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13s +25%
3013469
OnePlus 13R
2405504
CPU 868542 675433
GPU 1107935 817091
Memory 370216 364528
UX 666776 548452
Total score 3013469 2405504
Samples [6 tests] [29 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13s +41%
2366
OnePlus 13R
1673
Stability 80% 70%
Graphics test 18 FPS 12 FPS
Graphics score 2366 1673
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13s +31%
10993
OnePlus 13R
8397
Graphics test 42 FPS 32 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 42 FPS 32 FPS
Section 3 36 FPS 27 FPS
Graphics score 10993 8397
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13s +22%
15357
OnePlus 13R
12616
Web score 15017 11853
Video editing 6717 6267
Photo editing 27420 22043
Data manipulation 13670 12569
Writing score 23240 15676
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (99th and 151st place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13s
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 (Vasy1163)AnTuTu2915150
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Dhruv)GeekBench GPU25056
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Vanskyver)Battery lifeSOT 4:42 / 20:00
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Hamza)AnTuTu3013469
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-04 (Jaini)GeekBench GPU24802
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OnePlus 13R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 -> kv-verAnTuTu2512119
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-07 (Oppo findx5 user)AnTuTu2407150
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-28 (Nautilus1985)AnTuTu2503771
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (UNIQUE KC)AnTuTu2381948
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-09 (Junaid)AnTuTu2492395
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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 15
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 15
OS size - 37 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5850 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (73% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 0:48 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 13:49 hr
Watching video - 21:40 hr
Gaming - 06:35 hr
Standby - 100 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13s
n/a
OnePlus 13R
28:50 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 2x
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 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens - 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700 Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906)
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.8
Focal length - 47 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX355
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2. f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.0" (β‰ˆ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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/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 6.0 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 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, Galileo, QZSS
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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2025 January 2025
Release date June 2025 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $599
Successor - - OnePlus 15R
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W 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, performance, gaming, and software are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 13s. But if the battery life and sound are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13R.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
64 (58.2%)
46 (41.8%)
Total votes: 110

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