OnePlus 15R vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
VS
91 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus 15R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 17, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 3 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 15R
  • Delivers 249% higher peak brightness (3548 against 1016 nits)
  • Comes with 3148 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 4252 mAh
  • Has a 0.53 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 45% longer battery life (38:56 vs 26:48 hours)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 40W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 20% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3039K versus 2538K)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 25W
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 43% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 2787 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.14 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15R and Apple iPhone 17 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
71.6
(Good)
Value Index
23.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 15R
6.83″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15R +249%
3548 nits
1016 nits

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Purple Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15R and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 3840 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 1225 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15R and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10688
Compute Score (GPU)
20796
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 20796 44342
Single-core score 2787 3992
Multi-core score 9181 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3039097
2538751
CPU 935642 753740
GPU 1004668 926158
Memory 384268 217137
UX 714519 641716
Total score 3039097 2538751
Samples [12 tests] [6 tests]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-24 (Jawad)GeekBench CPU2787 / 9181
📘 2026-07-20 (Jawad)AnTuTu2893343
📘 2026-07-16 -> jackonatorAnTuTu2964928
📘 2026-06-28 (Ppopi)AnTuTu2886783
📘 2026-05-21 (Kabi)AnTuTu3027648
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-03 (Vin)GeekBench CPU3890 / 10107
📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu2301246
📘 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu2538751
📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu2106484
📘 2026-02-16 (vyetech)GeekBench CPU3992 / 10688

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM OxygenOS 16 -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 4252 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 Yes No
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:57 hr 09:51 hr
Watching video 27:30 hr 19:54 hr
Gaming 09:10 hr 06:49 hr
Standby 157 hr 117 hr
General battery life
38:56 hr
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
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/1.78
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 100 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX973
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 170
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32C Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/3.14" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) 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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No 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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 September 2025
Release date January 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $1099
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
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 15R.

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