OnePlus Ace 6 vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro

87 out of 100
OnePlus Ace 6
VS
90 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus Ace 6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 27, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 2 months before. 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 Ace 6
  • Comes with 3548 mAh larger battery capacity: 7800 vs 4252 mAh
  • Has a 0.53 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 31% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3332K versus 2538K)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 25W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 36% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3992 and 2928 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.14 mm narrower
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Ace 6 and Apple iPhone 17 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
23.1
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1206 x 2622 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1800 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91% 90.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Screen space comparison
Ace 6
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
iPhone 17 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~17% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
n/a
1015 nits

Design and build

Height 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) 150 mm (5.91 inches)
Width 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) 71.9 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 206 g (7.27 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Silver Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Ace 6 +1%
91%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Ace 6 and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4320 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Ace 6 and Apple iPhone 17 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2928
3992
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9430
10688
Compute Score (GPU)
22547
44342
Compute Score (GPU) 22547 44342
Single-core score 2928 3992
Multi-core score 9430 10688
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Ace 6 +31%
3332530
2538751
CPU 974868 753740
GPU 1185998 926158
Memory 433972 217137
UX 737692 641716
Total score 3332530 2538751
Samples [20 tests] [6 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
2501
Stability 83% -
Graphics test 19 FPS -
Graphics score 2501 -
3DMark Solar Bay
11482
Graphics test 44 FPS -
Section 1 49 FPS -
Section 2 44 FPS -
Section 3 38 FPS -
Graphics score 11482 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
4170
Graphics test 24 FPS -
Graphics score 4170 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
15068
Web score 17311 -
Video editing 6924 -
Photo editing 26538 -
Data manipulation 13886 -
Writing score 19446 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Ace 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (Dipsan)AnTuTu 113150253
📘 2026-08-19 (Sumiya)AnTuTu 113292436
📘 2026-07-04 -> pntAnTuTu 113199330
📘 2026-07-01 (Twik)Geekbench 6 CPU2845 / 8818
📘 2026-06-29 (Twik)AnTuTu 113083201
Apple iPhone 17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-16 (Anatoli)AnTuTu 112304042
📘 2026-06-03 (Vin)Geekbench 6 CPU3890 / 10107
📘 2026-05-11 (Atti rajan)AnTuTu 112301246
📘 2026-04-10 (Resul)AnTuTu 112538751
📘 2026-02-23 (FiLsImRoZeR)AnTuTu 112106484

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM ColorOS 16 -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7800 mAh 4252 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 20 min) Yes (70% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:44 hr 1:18 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 09:51 hr
Watching video - 19:54 hr
Gaming - 06:49 hr
Standby - 117 hr
General battery life
n/a
26:48 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Digital Optical, 4x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.78
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 100 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX973
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D10 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 170
Zoom - 141
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 17 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 20 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 Sony IMX914
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- 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 5.4 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 September 2025
Release date October 2025 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $489 $1099
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro:
    - The eSIM-only model has a larger battery than the Nano SIM + eSIM version – 4,252 mAh vs. 3,988 mAh.
    - Only the Chinese version offers dual Nano SIM slots and it also has a weaker 15-watt wireless charging system.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the OnePlus Ace 6.

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