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OnePlus Nord 4 vs OnePlus 11R

71 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 4
VS
65 out of 100
OnePlus 11R
OnePlus Nord 4
OnePlus 11R

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.74-inch OnePlus Nord 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3) that was released on July 16, 2024, against the OnePlus 11R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 5 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
  • Water-resistant body (IP65 classification)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • 14% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1645K versus 1446K)
  • The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11R
  • More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Nord 4 and OnePlus 11R 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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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
20.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
82.7
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nord 4
vs
OnePlus 11R

Display

Type AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.74 inches 6.74 inches
Resolution 1240 x 2772 pixels 1240 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 20.1:9 20.1:9
PPI 450 ppi 451 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes
Max rated brightness 2150 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1450 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 89.7% 89.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 95.7% -
PWM 119 Hz -
Response time 6 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nord 4
1169 nits
OnePlus 11R
n/a
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 163.34 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75 mm (2.95 inches) 74.43 mm (2.93 inches)
Thickness 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 199.5 g (7.04 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP65 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Metal Glass
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Green Black, Silver
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Nord 4
89.7%
OnePlus 11R
89.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Nord 4 and OnePlus 11R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 2800 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
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		 - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache - 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 732 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 768 1024
GPU clock 950 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~1459.2 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Nord 4 and OnePlus 11R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nord 4 +1%
1860
OnePlus 11R
1838
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nord 4 +9%
5045
OnePlus 11R
4633
Compute Score (GPU)
Nord 4
8062
OnePlus 11R
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 8062 -
Single-core score 1860 1838
Multi-core score 5045 4633
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nord 4 +14%
1645573
OnePlus 11R
1446446
CPU 541591 546301
GPU 419629 243773
Memory 280425 238032
UX 403928 418340
Total score 1645573 1446446
Samples [25 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Nord 4 +13%
975
OnePlus 11R
863
Stability 72% 63%
Graphics test 7 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 975 863
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Nord 4
n/a
OnePlus 11R
2771
Stability - 61%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 2771
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Nord 4
13712
OnePlus 11R
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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OnePlus 11R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-10 (oneplus enjoyer)AnTuTu 111446446
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-26 (Vagif)AnTuTu 111470011
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-12 (krumgus)AnTuTu 111397758
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-03 (energos)Geekbench 6 CPU1838 / 4633
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OxygenOS 14.1 OxygenOS 15
OS size 17 GB -
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 100 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 (30% in 5 min)
Full charging time 0:28 hr 0:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 15:37 hr -
Watching video 14:05 hr -
Gaming 06:45 hr -
Standby 113 hr -
General battery life
Nord 4
28:03 hr
OnePlus 11R
n/a
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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 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 120Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA LYT-600 Sony IMX890
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 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX355 Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Sensor - Omnivision OV02B10
Sensor size - 1/5.0" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Samsung S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 MiMO
- 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 -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
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 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Nord 4
82.8 dB
OnePlus 11R
n/a

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced July 2024 February 2023
Release date August 2024 February 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $485
Successor - OnePlus Nord 5 - OnePlus 15R
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 Yes, 100 W
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 (57.5%)
34 (42.5%)
Total votes: 80

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