OnePlus 8 Pro vs OnePlus 16
58
out of 100
VS
94
out of 100
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 16, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 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
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 8 Pro
- 14% higher pixel density (513 vs 450 PPI)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 18 grams less
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 16
- 4.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4627K versus 964K)
- Comes with 4490 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 4510 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (1117 against 881 nits)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- The phone is 6 years and 7 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1272 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 513 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 185 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-185 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 520 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Crystal Shield Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.8% | 91.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 258 Hz | 153 Hz |
| Response time | 7.5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.3 mm (6.51 inches) | 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 74.4 mm (2.93 inches) | 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) | 8.45 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 199 g (7.02 oz) | 217 g (7.65 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Green | Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 5010 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 3 + 3) |
| 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) |
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz: - 3 cores at 4.03 GHz: - 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | Adreno 850 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~901.6 GFLOPS | ~4454.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 34344 |
| Single-core score | 1158 | 4091 |
| Multi-core score | 3235 | 11891 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 378205 | 1245672 |
| GPU | 169067 | 1716431 |
| Memory | 178156 | 650217 |
| UX | 239161 | 981543 |
| Total score | 964589 | 4627389 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1109 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10440 | - |
| Video editing | 5840 | - |
| Photo editing | 29131 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9798 | - |
| Writing score | 14803 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#16th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Baz38) | AnTuTu 12 | 1001992 |
| 📘 2026-01-31 (Sniper Gaming) | AnTuTu 11 | 889539 |
| 📘 2025-12-26 (Seagmo) | AnTuTu 11 | 993451 |
| 📘 2025-12-06 (Mitsuki) | AnTuTu 11 | 964589 |
| 📘 2024-10-06 (xsAlymbek) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1158 / 3235 |
OnePlus 16
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 5300 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 17 |
| ROM | OxygenOS 13 | OxygenOS 17 |
| OS size | 20 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | - | 5 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4510 mAh | 9000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (30 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 23 min) | Yes (50% in 17 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:55 hr | 0:52 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:01 hr | - |
| Watching video | 12:03 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:57 hr | - |
| Standby | 103 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| 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 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 116° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth: 5 MP |
1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 200 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX689 | Samsung ISOCELL HPE |
| Sensor size | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.56 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | - | 73 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony LYT-600 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Omnivision OV50D40 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.25" (≈ 0.44 inch) | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.61 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | - |
| Preview | 53 | - |
| Zoom | 107 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 8 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 18 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX471 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | 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 | 121 | - |
| Video | 127 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, 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, NAVIC, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| 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* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | April 2020 | October 2026 |
| Release date | April 2020 | October 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $999 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 16 | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 100 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 16 is definitely a better buy.
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