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OnePlus 15R vs OnePlus 10R

88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
VS
56 out of 100
OnePlus 10R
OnePlus 15R
OnePlus 10R

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus 15R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on December 17, 2025, against the OnePlus 10R, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max and came out 3 years and 8 months 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

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15R
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3039K versus 1070K)
  • Comes with 2400 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • The phone is 3 years and 8 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 14% higher pixel density (450 vs 394 PPI)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Weighs 28 grams less

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 10R 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 99% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 10R to OnePlus 15R 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:
OnePlus 15R
vs
OnePlus 10R

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 950 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 720 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15R
3507 nits
OnePlus 10R
n/a

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 75.5 mm (2.97 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP69 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15R +3%
90.1%
OnePlus 10R
87.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 10R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max
Max clock 3840 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
L3 cache 6 MB 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 580
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Mali-G610 MC6
GPU shading units 1024 384
GPU clock 1225 MHz 860 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 10R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15R +148%
2787
OnePlus 10R
1122
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15R +163%
9181
OnePlus 10R
3486
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 20796 -
Single-core score 2787 1122
Multi-core score 9181 3486
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15R +184%
3039097
OnePlus 10R
1070373
CPU 935642 390473
GPU 1004668 181078
Memory 384268 214849
UX 714519 283973
Total score 3039097 1070373
Samples [12 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test - 4 FPS
Graphics score - 559
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 1510
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 12173
Video editing - 5342
Photo editing - 13266
Data manipulation - 11336
Writing score - 17090
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#106th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Ketrox)AnTuTu 122895140
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Luky)AnTuTu 123282930
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Kolli)AnTuTu 112919996
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Jawad)Geekbench 6 CPU2787 / 9181
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (Jawad)AnTuTu 112893343
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OnePlus 10R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-19 (bbgsqq)AnTuTu 111213935
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-22 (JOYASH)AnTuTu 111012005
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-11 (CXC)AnTuTu 111070373
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-30 (vanapoint)AnTuTu 111004723
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 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 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 13
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (64% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 14 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 0:33 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:57 hr -
Watching video 27:30 hr -
Gaming 09:10 hr -
Standby 157 hr -
General battery life
OnePlus 15R
38:56 hr
OnePlus 10R
n/a
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX766
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size - 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 21 mm 26 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV32C Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 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 5.3
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 No -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS 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* - 12
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced December 2025 April 2022
Release date January 2026 May 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $390
Successor - - OnePlus 15R
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W 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 15R is definitely a better buy.

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