OnePlus 9 Pro vs OnePlus 16
63
out of 100
VS
95
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on March 23, 2021, against the OnePlus 16, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 and came out 5 years and 8 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 9 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.3x optical zoom
- 17% higher pixel density (526 vs 450 PPI)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 20 grams less
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 16
- 3.9x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4627K versus 1185K)
- Comes with 4500 mAh larger battery capacity: 9000 vs 4500 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 65W)
- The phone is 5 years and 8 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
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 | 6.7 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3216 pixels | 1272 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 526 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 185 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-185 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Crystal Shield Glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 91.2% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 97.8% | - |
| PWM | 192 Hz | - |
| Response time | 41.5 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.2 mm (6.43 inches) | 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) |
| Width | 73.6 mm (2.9 inches) | 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.45 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 197 g (6.95 oz) | 217 g (7.65 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP69 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | 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 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
- 3 cores at 3.74 GHz: - 3 cores at 4.03 GHz: - 2 cores at 5.01 GHz: |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Adreno 850 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~4454.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 34344 |
| Single-core score | 1537 | 4091 |
| Multi-core score | 3989 | 11891 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 437275 | 1245672 |
| GPU | 236949 | 1716431 |
| Memory | 195660 | 650217 |
| UX | 315921 | 981543 |
| Total score | 1185805 | 4627389 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 56% | - |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1527 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10265 | - |
| Video editing | 6204 | - |
| Photo editing | 26249 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9595 | - |
| Writing score | 14324 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#16th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-15 (Md Taief Khan) | AnTuTu 12 | 1321279 |
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Executedream) | AnTuTu 12 | 1200645 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1537 / 3989 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962) | AnTuTu 11 | 1253342 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Mete kaan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1207152 |
OnePlus 16
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 17 |
| ROM | OxygenOS 13 | OxygenOS 17 |
| OS size | 16 GB | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 9000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (100% in 32 min) | Yes |
| Full charging time | 0:32 hr | - |
| Web browsing | 08:24 hr | - |
| Watching video | 12:07 hr | - |
| Gaming | 04:56 hr | - |
| Standby | 116 hr | - |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 200 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 480 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 140° | 116° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 4) Depth: 2 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 | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX789 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.6 |
| Focal length | 77 mm | 73 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08A10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 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
| Bokeh | 65 | - |
| Preview | 60 | - |
| Zoom | 110 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 9 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | 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 |
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 | 5.2 | 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, 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* | 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 | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2021 | October 2026 |
| Release date | March 2021 | October 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $970 | $900 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 16 | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.21 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - 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 16 is definitely a better buy.
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