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OnePlus 16 vs OnePlus 11

94 out of 100
OnePlus 16
VS
69 out of 100
OnePlus 11
OnePlus 16
OnePlus 11

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 16 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6) that was released on October 12, 2026, against the OnePlus 11, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 3 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 16
  • 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4627K versus 1846K)
  • Comes with 4000 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 5000 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (1117 against 765 nits)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • The phone is 3 years and 10 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11
  • 17% higher pixel density (526 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 16 and OnePlus 11 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 96% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 11 to OnePlus 16 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: gaming, battery life, and performance.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 16
vs
OnePlus 11

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 526 ppi
Refresh rate 185 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-185 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 520 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 89.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 96.9%
PWM 153 Hz 361 Hz
Response time 1 ms 6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 16 +46%
1117 nits
OnePlus 11
765 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 163.1 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 74.1 mm (2.92 inches)
Thickness 8.45 mm (0.33 inches) 8.53 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 217 g (7.65 oz) 205 g (7.23 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP64
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver, Gold Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 16 +2%
91.2%
OnePlus 11
89.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 16 and OnePlus 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 5010 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 3 + 3) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 3 cores at 3.74 GHz:
- 3 cores at 4.03 GHz:
- 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: 		- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 2 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 850 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1450 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~4454.4 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 16 and OnePlus 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 16 +103%
4091
OnePlus 11
2013
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 16 +113%
11891
OnePlus 11
5590
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 16 +252%
34344
OnePlus 11
9753
Compute Score (GPU) 34344 9753
Single-core score 4091 2013
Multi-core score 11891 5590
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 16 +151%
4627389
OnePlus 11
1846250
CPU 1245672 575482
GPU 1716431 441424
Memory 650217 310320
UX 981543 519024
Total score 4627389 1846250
Samples Less than 3 [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 97%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1091
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 67%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 23 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5312
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3671
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 11011
Video editing - 5985
Photo editing - 24430
Data manipulation - 11356
Writing score - 16368
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OnePlus 16
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OnePlus 11
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Alex)AnTuTu 122324532
📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz)AnTuTu 122032599
📘 2026-08-02 (w1ndyy)AnTuTu 111919007
📘 2026-05-03 (lnz)Geekbench 6 CPU2025 / 5765
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4266 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 17 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 17 OxygenOS 16
OS size 14 GB 37 GB
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 9000 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 17 min) Yes (50% in 8 min)
Full charging time 0:52 hr 0:22 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 07:48 hr
Watching video - 14:28 hr
Gaming - 05:12 hr
Standby - 102 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 16
n/a
OnePlus 11
21:26 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 2x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
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)
Angle of widest lens 116° 115°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 32 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HPE Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.56 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 32 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.0
Focal length 73 mm 48 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX709
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Digital
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV50D40 Sony IMX581
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 65
Preview - 60
Zoom - 103
Samples - Photo samples of OnePlus 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 18 mm 25 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size - 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 7 (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 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
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
OnePlus 16
82.2 dB
OnePlus 11 +4%
85.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2026 January 2023
Release date October 2026 January 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $699
Successor - - OnePlus 16
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 11:
    - The 128GB version features UFS 3.1 storage, while the other configurations utilize UFS 4.0 storage.
*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 16 is definitely a better buy.

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