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OnePlus 15R vs OnePlus 11R

88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
VS
65 out of 100
OnePlus 11R
OnePlus 15R
OnePlus 11R

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 OnePlus 11R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 2 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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  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)
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3039K versus 1446K)
  • 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)
  • The phone is 2 years and 10 months newer
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 11R 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 93% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 11R to OnePlus 15R is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: battery life, gaming, and performance.

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.74 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1240 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20.1:9
PPI 450 ppi 451 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 1450 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15R
3547 nits
OnePlus 11R
n/a

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 163.34 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 74.43 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP69 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Green, Purple Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15R
90.1%
OnePlus 11R
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 11R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 3840 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1024 1024
GPU clock 1225 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15R and OnePlus 11R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15R +52%
2787
OnePlus 11R
1838
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15R +98%
9181
OnePlus 11R
4633
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 20796 -
Single-core score 2787 1838
Multi-core score 9181 4633
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15R +110%
3039097
OnePlus 11R
1446446
CPU 935642 546301
GPU 1004668 243773
Memory 384268 238032
UX 714519 418340
Total score 3039097 1446446
Samples [12 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 6 FPS
Graphics score - 863
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2771
Sources: 3DMark [5]
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 11R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 (oneplus enjoyer)AnTuTu 111446446
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-26 (Vagif)AnTuTu 111470011
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-12 (krumgus)AnTuTu 111397758
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-03 (energos)Geekbench 6 CPU1838 / 4633
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
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 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 15
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7400 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 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 (30% in 5 min)
Full charging time 0:53 hr 0:25 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 11R
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 LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
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 IMX890
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 -
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Omnivision OV08D10
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 - Omnivision OV02B10
Sensor size - 1/5.0" (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 24 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, QZSS
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 No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
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 February 2023
Release date January 2026 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $485
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, 100 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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3 (75%)
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Total votes: 4

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