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OnePlus Nord 6 vs Nord 5

82 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 6
VS
74 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 5
OnePlus Nord 6
OnePlus Nord 5

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus Nord 6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on April 7, 2026, against the OnePlus Nord 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 9 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 6
  • Comes with 2300 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 5200 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 25% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2314K versus 1848K)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
  • Reverse charging feature
  • The phone is 9 months newer
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2116 and 1963 points
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 5
  • Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1334 against 1137 nits)

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Nord 6 and Nord 5 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Nord 6
91
Nord 5
90
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Nord 6
75*
Nord 5
73*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Nord 6
76
Nord 5
68
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Nord 6
67
Nord 5
48
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Nord 6
96*
Nord 5
72
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Nord 6
82
Nord 5
78
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Nord 6
82*
Nord 5
74*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
119.5
(Excellent)
Value Index
85.6
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nord 6
vs
Nord 5

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.6:9 19.8:9
PPI 450 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 144 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-165 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1400 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection OnePlus Crystal Guard Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 98.6% 100%
PWM 90 Hz 119 Hz
Response time 11 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nord 6
1137 nits
Nord 5 +17%
1334 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.46 mm (6.4 inches) 163.41 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 77.45 mm (3.05 inches) 77.04 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 210 g (7.41 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Plastic
Colors Black, Silver, Green White, Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.6/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) Β· 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Nord 6
89.4%
Nord 5 +1%
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Nord 6 and OnePlus Nord 5
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Max clock 3210 MHz 3000 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4		 - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 Adreno 735
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Nord 6 and OnePlus Nord 5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nord 6 +8%
2116
Nord 5
1963
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nord 6 +38%
6851
Nord 5
4981
Compute Score (GPU)
Nord 6 +76%
18552
Nord 5
10567
Compute Score (GPU) 18552 10567
Single-core score 2116 1963
Multi-core score 6851 4981
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nord 6 +25%
2314061
Nord 5
1848224
CPU 697615 610318
GPU 750434 487079
Memory 350580 289054
UX 515432 461773
Total score 2314061 1848224
Samples Less than 3 [30 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Nord 6
n/a
Nord 5
1055
Stability - 92%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1055
3DMark Solar Bay
Nord 6
n/a
Nord 5
5168
Graphics test - 20 FPS
Section 1 - 22 FPS
Section 2 - 20 FPS
Section 3 - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 5168
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Nord 6
n/a
Nord 5
18813
Web score - 22960
Video editing - 7758
Photo editing - 37813
Data manipulation - 14719
Writing score - 24843
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#191st place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Nord 6
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-15 (Buggy67)AnTuTu 112314061
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OnePlus Nord 5
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9CPU Throttle92%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9Geekbench 6 CPU1952 / 5317
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9AnTuTu 111950942
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9)Geekbench 6 CPU1960 / 5182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-17 -> elyad1AnTuTu 111971461
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 16
OS size 16 GB 53 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 5200 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (80% in 55 min) Yes (79% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:27 hr 0:42 hr
Battery cycles - 1200 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:44 hr
Watching video - 16:17 hr
Gaming - 05:44 hr
Standby - 112 hr
General battery life
Nord 6
n/a
Nord 5
25:12 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 Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 116Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony LYT-700
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 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
Focal length 16 mm 15 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08F Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution - 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung JN5
Sensor size 1/3.1" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.6 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 6.0 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
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* 19 18
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Nord 6
85.1 dB
Nord 5 +2%
87 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2026 July 2025
Release date April 2026 July 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $420 $549
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 Nord 6 is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
68 (49.3%)
70 (50.7%)
Total votes: 138

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