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OnePlus 15 vs OnePlus 13

93 out of 100
OnePlus 15
VS
87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
OnePlus 15
OnePlus 13

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 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 1 year 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 (6)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15
  • Delivers 183% higher peak brightness (3381 against 1195 nits)
  • Shows 25% longer battery life (39:14 vs 31:17 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 7300 vs 6000 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • 27% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4008K versus 3145K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • The phone is 1 year newer
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
66.9
(Good)
Value Index
83.0
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 15
vs
OnePlus 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 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 99.9% 99.6%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 3 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15 +183%
3381 nits
OnePlus 13
1195 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.69/5) Good (3.71/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Average (D) · 45 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15 +1%
91.2%
OnePlus 13
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 13
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4600 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 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 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15 and OnePlus 13
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15 +24%
3607
OnePlus 13
2899
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15 +20%
10732
OnePlus 13
8945
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15
24461
OnePlus 13 +2%
24988
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 24988
Single-core score 3607 2899
Multi-core score 10732 8945
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15 +27%
4008294
OnePlus 13
3145582
CPU 1184036 946374
GPU 1490867 1154478
Memory 402813 370624
UX 930578 674106
Total score 4008294 3145582
Samples [45 tests] [33 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 15 +10%
2699
OnePlus 13
2455
Stability 78% 74%
Graphics test 20 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2699 2455
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 15 +10%
12540
OnePlus 13
11360
Graphics test 48 FPS 43 FPS
Section 1 56 FPS 49 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS 37 FPS
Graphics score 12540 11360
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 84%
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 6241
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 15
15658
OnePlus 13
15714
Web score 15531 14928
Video editing 6678 6982
Photo editing 26644 28408
Data manipulation 14971 14424
Writing score 20874 22334
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (26th and 84th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (ASCO🇺🇿)AnTuTu 123842868
📘 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
📘 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
📘 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
📘 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500
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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
Add View all (42)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5333 MHz 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 16
OS size 26 GB 54 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7300 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (55% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:35 hr
Battery cycles 1100 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 18:32 hr 13:42 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 23:46 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 139 hr 120 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 15 +25%
39:14 hr
OnePlus 13
31:17 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
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: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 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 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 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/2.8 f/2.6
Focal length 85 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 Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50D Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.612 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 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 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 6.0 5.4
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, 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 15
80.4 dB
OnePlus 13 +14%
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 October 2024
Release date October 2025 January 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $899
Successor - - 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 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

If the camera, performance, battery life, and design are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 15. But if the sound is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 13.

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So, which phone would you choose?
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Bren February 13, 2026 at 03:33 PM
Too many hate on the Oneplus 15 because of the camera. For me I just mainly use the camera for school work, not really a photographer myself, just want it to be clear and understandable. So if you want a good camera for photography and stuff, go with the Oneplus 13, but if you want a high performance and a nice camera for daily use like work, notes, documents, etc. that doesn't look like a midrange phone, then go for the Oneplus 15. The Oneplus 15 definitely offers more, but if you want a good value, less pricey, go with the Oneplus 13. All in all if you want a good camera go with the 13, if performance then the 15. Just buy what you want. Just giving out my opinion.
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Momentoman February 22, 2026 at 08:21 AM
Dude really?? Why do u buy OnePlus?? Because of mobile gaming or what?? Performance is almost the same after throttling. I mean no reason to compare. Buy whatever you want to buy.
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Bren March 5, 2026 at 01:02 PM
Momentoman, My first exposure to Oneplus is the 15, and when I did my research I was leaning towards more to the 15 because of the better battery and performance. Considering that big of a jump in performance and battery in the, I bought the 15. Even though the 13 is released the same year, I wanted the best overall performance and battery life. The camera is the least of my worries because I only use it for work.
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furryfluff2015 November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Worse camera worse resolution and incremental performance boost, I'd go with OnePlus 13
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Li Zhuanxi October 31, 2025 at 04:52 PM
ye, finally it's a OneMinus 15
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Xi Jingping November 8, 2025 at 02:11 PM
Wait for reviews. It will be on paar with OP13. If not even better.
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