OnePlus 13T vs Apple iPhone 17

83 out of 100
OnePlus 13T
VS
86 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 13T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17, which is powered by Apple A19 and came out 5 months after. 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 13T
  • Comes with 2568 mAh larger battery capacity: 6260 vs 3692 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3173K versus 2156K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 40W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17
  • Handles wireless charging up to 25W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 25% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3736 and 2992 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 17 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 / 256 GB
63.9
(Average)
Value Index
29.3
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 91.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - 241 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1015 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.81 mm (5.94 inches) 149.6 mm (5.89 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.15 mm (0.32 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 177 g (6.24 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Pink White, Black, Blue, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.82/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.7%
91.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 17
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A19
Max clock 4320 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2073.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 17
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iPhone 17 +25%
3736
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9307
9226
Compute Score (GPU)
24853
iPhone 17 +51%
37553
Compute Score (GPU) 24853 37553
Single-core score 2992 3736
Multi-core score 9307 9226
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3173674
2156126
CPU 950649 598735
GPU 1161132 803562
Memory 356504 200566
UX 705389 553263
Total score 3173674 2156126
Samples [8 tests] [19 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2468
2147
Stability 91% 72%
Graphics test 18 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 2468 2147
3DMark Solar Bay
11020
9465
Graphics test 42 FPS 36 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 40 FPS
Section 2 42 FPS 36 FPS
Section 3 35 FPS 31 FPS
Graphics score 11020 9465
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21599 -
Video editing 8606 -
Photo editing 29817 -
Data manipulation 16672 -
Writing score 24602 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-04 (Абэме)AnTuTu 113227783
📘 2026-03-21 (Ian)AnTuTu 113173674
📘 2026-03-11 (huinamb)AnTuTu 112988190
📘 2026-02-16 -> qd1chzAnTuTu 113397578
📘 2026-02-12 (Rose)AnTuTu 113283404
Apple iPhone 17
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep)AnTuTu 111837059
📘 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn)AnTuTu 112243285
📘 2026-08-07 (Aarav)AnTuTu 111776737
📘 2026-08-06 (yuki)AnTuTu 112352837
📘 2026-07-25 (Taelnwza)AnTuTu 112117495

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM ColorOS 15 -
OS size 54 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6260 mAh 3692 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 21 min) Yes (63% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 1:25 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:21 hr
Watching video - 19:24 hr
Gaming - 06:44 hr
Standby - 109 hr
General battery life
25:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual 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°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX904
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX972
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 170
Zoom - 105
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution - 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 1 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

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 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, 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 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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
81.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2025 September 2025
Release date April 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $799
Successor - OnePlus 15T -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Not included
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13T.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
17 (85%)
3 (15%)
Total votes: 20

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samukaze September 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Don't worry your 13T is still better
+2 Reply
LittleTheft September 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Yes, in benchmark but not in real life experiences.
-1 Reply
samukaze September 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
LittleTheft, Display is great Battery is great Performance is great What do you need?
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