OnePlus 15 vs 10 Pro

93 out of 100
OnePlus 15
VS
63 out of 100
OnePlus 10 Pro

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 OnePlus 10 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 3 years and 10 months before. 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 15
  • Delivers 332% higher peak brightness (3398 against 787 nits)
  • 3.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4008K versus 1217K)
  • Shows 86% longer battery life (39:14 vs 21:03 hours)
  • Comes with 2300 mAh larger battery capacity: 7300 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 80W)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
  • The phone is 3 years and 10 months newer
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
  • 17% higher pixel density (525 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15 and 10 Pro 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)

Should I update?
No 95% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 10 Pro to OnePlus 15 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 525 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz 1000 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 98.3%
PWM 120 Hz 342 Hz
Response time 3 ms 11 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15 +332%
3398 nits
787 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 200.5 g (7.07 oz)
Waterproof IP69 -
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.69/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 10 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 4600 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 12 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15 +177%
3607
1300
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15 +212%
10732
3445
Compute Score (GPU)
24461
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 -
Single-core score 3607 1300
Multi-core score 10732 3445
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15 +229%
4008294
1217154
CPU 1184036 450257
GPU 1490867 223494
Memory 402813 216467
UX 930578 326936
Total score 4008294 1217154
Samples [45 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2699
n/a
Stability 78% -
Graphics test 20 FPS -
Graphics score 2699 -
3DMark Solar Bay
12540
n/a
Graphics test 48 FPS -
Section 1 56 FPS -
Section 2 47 FPS -
Section 3 39 FPS -
Graphics score 12540 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
2570
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 15 FPS
Graphics score - 2570
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 15 +37%
15658
11392
Web score 15531 10315
Video editing 6678 5919
Photo editing 26644 23257
Data manipulation 14971 8724
Writing score 20874 15818

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu3651261
📘 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu4057387
📘 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu3870500
📘 2026-08-07 (@zokhidjonovch)AnTuTu4470263
📘 2026-07-31 (@zokhidjonovch)AnTuTu4177816
OnePlus 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladislav)AnTuTu1217154
📘 2025-11-23 (naytman)AnTuTu1031622
📘 2025-10-10 (nvidia920m)AnTuTu1255448

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 14
OS size 26 GB 32 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 7300 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (98% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:32 hr
Battery cycles 1100 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:32 hr 07:41 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 12:41 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 04:53 hr
Standby 139 hr 108 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 15 +86%
39:14 hr
21:03 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3.3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 240FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 116° 150°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX789
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 8 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.4
Focal length 85 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Omnivision OV08A10
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 14 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50D Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.612 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
124
Video quality
119
Generic main camera score
122
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 68
Zoom - 105
Samples - Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX709 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 6 (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 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
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
80.4 dB
10 Pro +10%
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 January 2022
Release date October 2025 January 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $899
Successor - - 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, 80 W
*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.

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73 (90.1%)
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