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OnePlus 15T vs OnePlus 13s

93 out of 100
OnePlus 15T
VS
83 out of 100
OnePlus 13s
OnePlus 15T
OnePlus 13s

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 OnePlus 13s, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 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 15T
  • Comes with 1650 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5850 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 30% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3927K versus 3013K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • The phone is 10 months newer
  • 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3640 and 2802 points
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13s
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 15T and OnePlus 13s 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
45.8
(Average)

Tests and specifications

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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.32 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1216 x 2640 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.54:9
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 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Crystal Shield Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 90.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% -
PWM 120 Hz -
Response time 6 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 15T
1102 nits
OnePlus 13s
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.56 mm (5.93 inches) 150.8 mm (5.94 inches)
Width 71.82 mm (2.83 inches) 71.7 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 194 g (6.84 oz) 185 g (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Green, Brown Black, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 15T
90.7%
OnePlus 13s
90.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 15T and OnePlus 13s
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4610 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 15T and OnePlus 13s
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15T +30%
3640
OnePlus 13s
2802
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15T +25%
11033
OnePlus 13s
8830
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15T +11%
27558
OnePlus 13s
24802
Compute Score (GPU) 27558 24802
Single-core score 3640 2802
Multi-core score 11033 8830
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 15T +30%
3927976
OnePlus 13s
3013469
CPU 1113855 868542
GPU 1450217 1107935
Memory 487460 370216
UX 876444 666776
Total score 3927976 3013469
Samples [4 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 80%
Graphics test - 18 FPS
Graphics score - 2366
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 42 FPS
Section 1 - 48 FPS
Section 2 - 42 FPS
Section 3 - 36 FPS
Graphics score - 10993
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 15017
Video editing - 6717
Photo editing - 27420
Data manipulation - 13670
Writing score - 23240
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (23rd and 99th place)
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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
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OnePlus 13s
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-24 (Vasy1163)AnTuTu2915150
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-19 (Dhruv)GeekBench GPU25056
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-28 (Vanskyver)Battery lifeSOT 4:42 / 20:00
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Hamza)AnTuTu3013469
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-04 (Jaini)GeekBench GPU24802
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 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 ColorOS 16 OxygenOS 16
OS size 57 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 5850 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) Yes (75% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:46 hr 0:51 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, 2x
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) 480 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 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/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony LYT-700
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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.0
Focal length 85 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution - 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.
Focal length 23 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size - 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 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 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 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 15T
81.5 dB
OnePlus 13s
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2026 June 2025
Release date March 2026 June 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $650
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 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 15T is definitely a better buy.

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So, which phone would you choose?
30 (42.9%)
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Total votes: 70

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