OnePlus 7 Pro vs OnePlus 15

52 out of 100
OnePlus 7 Pro
VS
93 out of 100
OnePlus 15

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch OnePlus 7 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on May 15, 2019, against the OnePlus 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 6 years and 7 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 7 Pro
  • 15% higher pixel density (516 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15
  • Delivers 452% higher peak brightness (3381 against 612 nits)
  • 4.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4008K versus 841K)
  • Shows 102% longer battery life (39:14 vs 19:25 hours)
  • Comes with 3215 mAh larger battery capacity: 7300 vs 4085 mAh
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 12
  • The phone is 6 years and 7 months newer

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 15 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 100% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 7 Pro to OnePlus 15 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

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 516 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 616 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 330 Hz
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.9%
PWM 122 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 6 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
612 nits
OnePlus 15 +452%
3381 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IPX4 IP69
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gold, Gray, Blue Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.69/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 2840 MHz 4600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 2 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 640 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 585 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~898.5 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 7 Pro and OnePlus 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 15 +351%
3607
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 15 +394%
10732
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 15 +831%
24461
Compute Score (GPU) 2626 24461
Single-core score 800 3607
Multi-core score 2174 10732
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
841922
OnePlus 15 +376%
4008294
CPU 324799 1184036
GPU 127756 1490867
Memory 163516 402813
UX 225851 930578
Total score 841922 4008294
Samples [5 tests] [45 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 78%
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Graphics score - 2699
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 48 FPS
Section 1 - 56 FPS
Section 2 - 47 FPS
Section 3 - 39 FPS
Graphics score - 12540
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 95% -
Graphics test 4 FPS -
Graphics score 736 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 15 +41%
15658
Web score 8822 15531
Video editing 5714 6678
Photo editing 25467 26644
Data manipulation 9572 14971
Writing score 13633 20874

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-11 (Inok)AnTuTu 11845513
📘 2026-03-07 (Zeixxxx)AnTuTu 11824513
📘 2025-10-10 (Auтист с поласом)AnTuTu 11841922
📘 2025-09-14 (Takumi)AnTuTu 11812761
📘 2025-09-12 (Палаз 7 про)AnTuTu 11844558
OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (ASCO🇺🇿)AnTuTu 123842868
📘 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
📘 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
📘 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
📘 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 16
ROM OxygenOS 12.1 OxygenOS 16
OS size 17 GB 26 GB
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4085 mAh 7300 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 120 W
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - Yes
Fast charging Yes, Warp Charge (50% in 20 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 0:43 hr
Battery cycles - 1100 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:39 hr 18:32 hr
Watching video 10:18 hr 28:44 hr
Gaming 04:10 hr 10:01 hr
Standby 111 hr 139 hr
General battery life
19:25 hr
OnePlus 15 +102%
39:14 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 117° 116°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 16 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 27 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX586 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 78 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3M5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 16 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 13 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX481 OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.612 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of OnePlus 7 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length 25 mm 21 mm
Sensor Sony IMX471 Sony IMX709
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 111 -
Video 116 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5 6.0
Bluetooth features A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 16 -
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
90.9 dB
80.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2019 October 2025
Release date May 2019 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $670 $899
Successor - OnePlus 15 -
SAR (head) 1.199 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.394 W/kg -
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - Not included
*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 15 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
7 (77.8%)
2 (22.2%)
Total votes: 9

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