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OnePlus 15 vs Google Pixel 11

93 out of 100
OnePlus 15
VS
81 out of 100
Google Pixel 11
OnePlus 15
Google Pixel 11

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 15 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 ) that was released on October 27, 2025, against the Google Pixel 11, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 10 months after. 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 15
  • Comes with 2315 mAh larger battery capacity: 7300 vs 4985 mAh
  • Shows 53% longer battery life (39:14 vs 25:41 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Delivers 59% higher peak brightness (3365 against 2120 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • The phone is 10 months newer

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15 and Google Pixel 11 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
66.9
(Good)
Value Index
42.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 15
vs
Pixel 11

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 3 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 15
6.78″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Pixel 11
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15 +59%
3365 nits
Pixel 11
2120 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Purple Black, Green, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.69/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15 +5%
91.2%
Pixel 11
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15 and Google Pixel 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Google Tensor G6
Max clock 4600 MHz 4110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 7 (1 + 4 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro
- 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro
- 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1286 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1975.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15 and Google Pixel 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15 +40%
3607
Pixel 11
2575
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15 +78%
10732
Pixel 11
6027
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15 +304%
24461
Pixel 11
6048
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 6048
Single-core score 3607 2575
Multi-core score 10732 6027
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15
4008294
Pixel 11
n/a
CPU 1184036 848037
GPU 1490867 271374
Memory 402813 297105
UX 930578 455981
Total score 4008294 -
Samples [45 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 15
2699
Pixel 11
n/a
Stability 78% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Graphics score 2699 -
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 15
12540
Pixel 11
n/a
Graphics test 48 FPS -
Section 1 56 FPS -
Section 2 47 FPS -
Section 3 39 FPS -
Graphics score 12540 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 15
15658
Pixel 11
n/a
Web score 15531 -
Video editing 6678 -
Photo editing 26644 -
Data manipulation 14971 -
Writing score 20874 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
📘 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
📘 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
📘 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500
📘 2026-08-07 (@zokhidjonovch)AnTuTu 114470263
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Google Pixel 11
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 17
ROM OxygenOS 16 Stock Android
OS size 26 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7300 mAh 4985 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:19 hr
Battery cycles 1100 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:32 hr 10:46 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 22:05 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 06:38 hr
Standby 139 hr 86 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 15 +53%
39:14 hr
Pixel 11
25:41 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 -
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 116° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 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/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 10.8 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/3.1
Focal length 85 mm 112 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.31 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor OmniVision OV50D Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.612 micron 0.32 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 160
Zoom - 137
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor Sony IMX709 Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
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 15
80.4 dB
Pixel 11
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 August 2026
Release date October 2025 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $899
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
*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 15 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
5 (71.4%)
2 (28.6%)
Total votes: 7

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