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OnePlus Nord 4 vs Nothing Phone (2a)

71 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 4
VS
63 out of 100
Nothing Phone (2a)
OnePlus Nord 4
Nothing Phone (2a)

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.74-inch OnePlus Nord 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3) that was released on July 16, 2024, against the Nothing Phone (2a), which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 4
  • 67% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1645K versus 985K)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (1153 against 977 nits)
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
  • 14% higher pixel density (450 vs 394 PPI)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 2.2
  • 64% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1860 and 1133 points
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (2a)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (29:55 vs 28:03 hours)
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Nord 4 and Nothing Phone (2a) crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Nord 4
68*
Phone (2a)
66*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Nord 4
71*
Phone (2a)
63*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
20.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
71.4
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nord 4
vs
Phone (2a)

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.74 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1240 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20.1:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (30-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2150 nits 700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1300 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 87.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 95.7% 99.3%
PWM 119 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 6 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nord 4 +18%
1153 nits
Phone (2a)
977 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 161.7 mm (6.37 inches)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 76.3 mm (3 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 199.5 g (7.04 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Metal Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Green White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Nord 4 +2%
89.7%
Phone (2a)
87.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Nord 4 and Nothing Phone (2a)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 7200 Pro
Max clock 2800 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 3 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 6 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 650
GPU
Graphics Adreno 732 Mali-G610 MC4
GPU shading units 768 256
GPU clock 950 MHz 1130 MHz
FLOPS ~1459.2 GFLOPS ~578.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Nord 4 and Nothing Phone (2a)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nord 4 +64%
1860
Phone (2a)
1133
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nord 4 +95%
5045
Phone (2a)
2581
Compute Score (GPU)
Nord 4 +97%
8062
Phone (2a)
4085
Compute Score (GPU) 8062 4085
Single-core score 1860 1133
Multi-core score 5045 2581
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nord 4 +67%
1645573
Phone (2a)
985261
CPU 541591 363418
GPU 419629 172332
Memory 280425 158940
UX 403928 290571
Total score 1645573 985261
Samples [25 tests] [16 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Nord 4 +117%
975
Phone (2a)
449
Stability 72% 98%
Graphics test 7 FPS 3 FPS
Graphics score 975 449
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Nord 4
13712
Phone (2a)
n/a
Web score 15100 -
Video editing 7192 -
Photo editing 20289 -
Data manipulation 14511 -
Writing score 14475 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Nord 4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 -> Keval PatelAnTuTu 111717378
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Keval)AnTuTu 111656748
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (Akash)AnTuTu 111663978
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-11 (One)AnTuTu 111796634
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-08 -> jchanichAnTuTu 111719478
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Nothing Phone (2a)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-30 (Kaiser)AnTuTu 121001163
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 (Vedurijuht2425)AnTuTu 121045921
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-12 (note8techh)AnTuTu 11984744
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-06 (legusk)AnTuTu 111025139
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-13 (Divyanshu Raj)AnTuTu 111006410
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 2.2
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OxygenOS 14.1 Nothing OS 3.0
OS size 17 GB 21 GB
OS updates 4 years 3 years
Security updates 6 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (60% in 15 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:28 hr 1:03 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:37 hr 11:32 hr
Watching video 14:05 hr 18:30 hr
Gaming 06:45 hr 06:26 hr
Standby 113 hr 148 hr
General battery life
Nord 4
28:03 hr
Phone (2a) +7%
29:55 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 114Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA LYT-600 Samsung ISOCELL GN9
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.74" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes 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* 13 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Nord 4
82.8 dB
Phone (2a) +7%
88.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced July 2024 March 2024
Release date August 2024 March 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $329
Successor - OnePlus Nord 5 - Nothing Phone (4a)
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Nord 4:
    - The 128 GB variant comes with UFS 3.1 memory, while the others – with UFS 4.0.
*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 Nord 4 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
46 (66.7%)
23 (33.3%)
Total votes: 69

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