OnePlus 8 Pro vs 10 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on April 14, 2020, against the OnePlus 10 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and came out 21 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 8 Pro
  • Delivers 14% higher peak brightness (887 against 779 nits)
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
  • 49% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (992K versus 664K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • The rear camera has a 3.3x optical zoom
  • Comes with 490 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4510 mAh
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • The phone is 1-year and 9-months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 3.0
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Review

Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
85
90
Performance
CPU/GPU performance in apps and games
57
70
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
75
79
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
72
75
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
85
89
NanoReview score
Final comparison evaluation
72
79

Value for money

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Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1440 x 3216 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 513 ppi 525 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 90%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 98.3%
PWM 258 Hz 342 Hz
Response time 7.5 ms 11 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
8 Pro +14%
887 nits
779 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) 73.9 mm (2.91 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 200.5 g (7.07 oz)
Waterproof IP68 -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
8 Pro +1%
90.8%
90%

Performance

Tests of OnePlus 8 Pro and OnePlus 10 Pro in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Max clock 2840 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 4 MB 6 MB
Lithography process 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 650 Adreno 730
GPU clock 587 MHz 818 MHz
FLOPS ~1228 GFLOPS ~2236 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
902
10 Pro +7%
966
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
3349
10 Pro +2%
3416
AnTuTu Benchmark 9
664385
10 Pro +49%
992596
CPU 189402 227709
GPU 226083 430176
Memory 108895 160925
UX 142405 175122
Total score 664385 992596
3DMark Wild Life Performance
3837
10 Pro +149%
9560
Max surface temperature 50.2 °C 46.5 °C
Stability 99% 64%
Graphics test 22 FPS 57 FPS
Graphics score 3837 9560
PCMark 3.0
11703
10 Pro +1%
11790
Web score 9645 9205
Video editing 5843 5896
Photo editing 28205 25534
Data manipulation 9822 9203
Writing score 13846 16838
Sources: 3DMark [3], [4]

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8, 12 GB 8, 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 2750 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128, 256 GB 128, 256, 512 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM OxygenOS 13 OxygenOS 13
OS size 20 GB 32 GB

Battery

Specifications
Capacity 4510 mAh 5000 mAh
Charge power 30 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (30 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (50% in 23 min) Yes (98% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:55 hr 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:42 hr 10:04 hr
Watching video 13:39 hr 13:54 hr
Gaming 05:02 hr 04:58 hr
Standby 105 hr 100 hr
General battery life
8 Pro +3%
31:10 hr
30:10 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 48 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 24FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 150°
Lenses 4 (48 MP + 8 MP + 48 MP + 5 MP) 3 (48 MP + 8 MP + 50 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 48 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 25 mm
- Pixel size: 1.12 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.43", Sony IMX689 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 23 mm
- Pixel size: 1.12 micron
- Sensor: 1/1.43", Sony IMX789 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
- Optical stabilization
Telephoto lens - 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 8 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 77 mm
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Sensor: 1/4.4", Omnivision OV08A10 (CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
Ultra-wide lens - 48 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2
- Focal length: 13 mm
- Pixel size: 0.8 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.25", Sony IMX586 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2
- Focal length: 14 mm
- Pixel size: 0.64 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung S5KJN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS)
Depth lens - 5 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
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Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Samples Photo samples of OnePlus 8 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.2
Pixel size 1 microns 0.8 microns
Sensor type CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.06" 1/2.74"
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

DxOMark camera tests

Photo quality
126
10 Pro +5%
132
Video quality
103
10 Pro +7%
110
Generic camera score
119
10 Pro +7%
127

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5.1 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
84.4 dB
10 Pro +4%
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2020 January 2022
Release date April 2020 January 2022
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
*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 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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User opinions

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Wil_Eks 25 February 2023 17:27
I have an 8 Pro and wanted to upgrade so bought a 10 Pro since OnePlus 11 doesn't have wireless charging and so far, not impressed. Especially with the screen brightness and colors. 8 Pro has vivid and bright colors, and 10 pro reminds me of a 1980s wallpaper, dull, less color, and 20% dimmer screen at full brightness. The only reason why I 10 Pro is the screen is different and doesn't give me blurry vision after a few minutes of looking at it. Also, the 8 Pro has a properly centered camera in the rear making the phone look nice, the 10 Pro has a 1990s camcorder in the rear with cameras that I will NEVER use or need. Why bulk up a good phone with useless cameras? Why can't phone manufacturers offer 'Options' for such phones? I would like a OnePlus 10 Pro with an 8 Pro camera and LCD!
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