OnePlus 15T vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

93 out of 100
OnePlus 15T
VS
91 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 15T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on March 24, 2026, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 6 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15T
  • Comes with 3248 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 4252 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • 55% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3927K versus 2538K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Delivers 8% higher peak brightness (1102 against 1016 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 10% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 3640 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15T 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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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
68.2
(Good)
Value Index
23.7
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 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 330 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 6 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
1102 nits
1016 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.56 mm (5.93 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 71.82 mm (2.83 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 194 g (6.84 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green, Brown Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) Β· 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15T and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4610 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 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 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 15T and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
11033
Compute Score (GPU)
27558
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 27558 44342
Single-core score 3640 3992
Multi-core score 11033 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
3927976
2538751
CPU 1113855 753740
GPU 1450217 926158
Memory 487460 217137
UX 876444 641716
Total score 3927976 2538751
Samples [4 tests] [6 tests]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 15T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 -> Pisulka_deda13AnTuTu4140191
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-23 -> savelBattery lifeSOT 11:47 / 12:40
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-21 (savel)AnTuTu3783475
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-18 (linux❀)AnTuTu3828108
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (Winra)AnTuTu3927976
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 (Anatoli)AnTuTu2304042
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Vin)GeekBench CPU3890 / 10107
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu2301246
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu2538751
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu2106484

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 ColorOS 16 -
OS size 57 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:51 hr
Watching video - 19:54 hr
Gaming - 06:49 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 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" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (β‰ˆ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.8
Focal length 85 mm 100 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX972
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - 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 16 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution - 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX914
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) 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 Yes 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
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2026 September 2025
Release date March 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $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, 100 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 battery life is more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 15T. But if the camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 17 Pro.

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