OnePlus Nord 5 vs Nord 4
73
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71
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus Nord 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on July 8, 2025, against the OnePlus Nord 4, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 and came out 1 year before. 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 Nord 5
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 14
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1848K versus 1645K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1323 against 1153 nits)
- The phone is 1 year newer
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 4
- Shows 11% longer battery life (28:03 vs 25:12 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
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 | 6.83 inches | 6.74 inches |
| Resolution | 1272 x 2800 pixels | 1240 x 2772 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 20.1:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 2150 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 89.7% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | 95.7% |
| PWM | 119 Hz | 119 Hz |
| Response time | 9 ms | 6 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) |
| Width | 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) | 75 mm (2.95 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.99 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 211 g (7.44 oz) | 199.5 g (7.04 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Metal |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.6/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) Β· 90 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 3 cores at 1.9 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 735 | Adreno 732 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 950 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~1459.2 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 10567 | 8062 |
| Single-core score | 1963 | 1860 |
| Multi-core score | 4981 | 5045 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 610318 | 541591 |
| GPU | 487079 | 419629 |
| Memory | 289054 | 280425 |
| UX | 461773 | 403928 |
| Total score | 1848224 | 1645573 |
| Samples | [30 tests] | [25 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1055 | 975 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5168 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 22960 | 15100 |
| Video editing | 7758 | 7192 |
| Photo editing | 37813 | 20289 |
| Data manipulation | 14719 | 14511 |
| Writing score | 24843 | 14475 |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus Nord 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1952 / 5317 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | AnTuTu 11 | 1950942 |
| π 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1960 / 5182 |
| π 2026-09-17 -> elyad1 | AnTuTu 11 | 1971461 |
OnePlus Nord 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-21 -> Keval Patel | AnTuTu 11 | 1717378 |
| π 2026-09-21 (Keval) | AnTuTu 11 | 1656748 |
| π 2026-05-13 (Akash) | AnTuTu 11 | 1663978 |
| π 2026-04-11 (One) | AnTuTu 11 | 1796634 |
| π 2026-04-08 -> jchanich | AnTuTu 11 | 1719478 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | OxygenOS 14.1 |
| OS size | 53 GB | 17 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (79% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 0:28 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 10:44 hr | 15:37 hr |
| Watching video | 16:17 hr | 14:05 hr |
| Gaming | 05:44 hr | 06:45 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 113 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#90th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| 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 | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 116Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700 | Sony LYTIA LYT-600 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.14 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN5 | Samsung S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (β 0.36 inch) | 1/3.09" (β 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.4 |
| 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 | Yes |
| 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* | 18 | 13 |
| 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 | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July 2025 | July 2024 |
| Release date | July 2025 | August 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $499 |
| Successor | - | - OnePlus Nord 5 |
| Sensors | - 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 | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Nord 4:
- The 128 GB variant comes with UFS 3.1 memory, while the others β with UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, gaming, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Nord 5. But if the battery life is more of a priority β go for the OnePlus Nord 4.
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