OnePlus 8T vs Apple iPhone 15
56
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.55-inch OnePlus 8T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865) that was released on October 14, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 3 years 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 8T
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1151 mAh larger battery capacity: 4500 vs 3349 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 20W)
- Has a 0.45 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Delivers 105% higher peak brightness (1633 against 796 nits)
- 69% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1672K versus 990K)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 22% longer battery life (25:31 vs 20:57 hours)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 14% higher pixel density (460 vs 402 PPI)
- The phone is 3 years newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.55 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1179 x 2556 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 402 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 760 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87% | 86.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 97.2% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 458 Hz | 306 Hz |
| Response time | 13 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 8T
6.55″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) | 147.6 mm (5.81 inches) |
| Width | 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) | 71.6 mm (2.82 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 188 g (6.63 oz) | 171 g (6.03 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Green | Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.96/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 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 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 650 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 587 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~901.6 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 22764 |
| Single-core score | 1161 | 2612 |
| Multi-core score | 3115 | 6705 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 368806 | 462812 |
| GPU | 161424 | 453603 |
| Memory | 185436 | 222511 |
| UX | 275322 | 533367 |
| Total score | 990988 | 1672293 |
| Samples | [6 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 15 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 15 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 11 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3979 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 99% | - |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1116 | 2868 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11326 | - |
| Video editing | 5843 | - |
| Photo editing | 28945 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9562 | - |
| Writing score | 14941 | - |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 8T
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-26 -> Glamkilla | AnTuTu 11 | 991199 |
| 📘 2026-04-01 (Mallavanem) | AnTuTu 11 | 1016249 |
| 📘 2025-12-19 (KV) | AnTuTu 11 | 909310 |
| 📘 2025-12-11 (huker667) | AnTuTu 11 | 990988 |
| 📘 2025-10-25 (Aamn) | AnTuTu 11 | 880362 |
Apple iPhone 15
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 1714105 |
| 📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO) | AnTuTu 11 | 1603687 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 24336 |
| 📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2615 / 6477 |
| 📘 2026-08-12 (j0elz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1638319 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 13 | - |
| OS size | 20 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 3349 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (94% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:37 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:36 hr | 10:47 hr |
| Watching video | 12:29 hr | 16:55 hr |
| Gaming | 04:43 hr | 05:36 hr |
| Standby | 101 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 16 MP 3) Macro: 5 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.25" (≈ 0.44 inch) | 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 5 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 84 |
| Zoom | - | 114 |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 8T from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX471 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 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 | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 97 | - |
| Video | 124 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2020 | September 2023 |
| Release date | October 2020 | September 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $799 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15R | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| 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 Apple iPhone 15 is definitely a better buy.
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