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OnePlus Nord CE4 vs Nord 3

59 out of 100
OnePlus Nord CE4
VS
64 out of 100
OnePlus Nord 3
OnePlus Nord CE4
OnePlus Nord 3

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.74-inch OnePlus Nord CE4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3) that was released on April 1, 2024, against the OnePlus Nord 3, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 9000 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 (2)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord CE4
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • The phone is 9 months newer
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 3
  • 47% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1542K versus 1051K)
  • 49% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1710 and 1144 points

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Nord CE4 and Nord 3 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Nord CE4
50*
Nord 3
64
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Nord CE4
69*
Nord 3
64
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 CE4
59*
Nord 3
64
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
18.6
(Bad)
Value Index
74.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Nord CE4
vs
Nord 3

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.74 inches 6.74 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2412 pixels 1240 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 20.1:9 20.1:9
PPI 451 ppi 451 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 1100 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1450 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 89.4% 89.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.7%
PWM - 366 Hz
Response time - 7 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Nord CE4
n/a
Nord 3
1110 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.5 mm (6.4 inches) 162.6 mm (6.4 inches)
Width 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) 75.1 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 193.5 g (6.83 oz)
Waterproof IP54 IP54
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material - Glass
Frame material - Plastic
Colors Gray, Green Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Nord CE4
89.4%
Nord 3
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Nord CE4 and OnePlus Nord 3
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Max clock 2630 MHz 3050 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 1 core at 2.63 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)		 - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 3 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes MediaTek APU 590
GPU
Graphics Adreno 720 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 512 640
GPU clock 975 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~998.4 GFLOPS ~1085.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Nord CE4 and OnePlus Nord 3
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Nord CE4
1144
Nord 3 +49%
1710
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Nord CE4
3069
Nord 3 +46%
4477
Compute Score (GPU)
Nord CE4
n/a
Nord 3
6409
Compute Score (GPU) - 6409
Single-core score 1144 1710
Multi-core score 3069 4477
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Nord CE4
1051702
Nord 3 +47%
1542660
CPU 399561 576859
GPU 215547 296679
Memory 186180 223305
UX 250414 445817
Total score 1051702 1542660
Samples [4 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Nord CE4
485
Nord 3 +60%
775
Stability 97% 63%
Graphics test 4 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 485 775
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Nord CE4
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (Bali)AnTuTu 111044174
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-01 (Popoya)AnTuTu 11876326
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-14 (Subham Pal)AnTuTu 111025251
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-17 (Abhishek Pandey)AnTuTu 111051702
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (Xeno)AnTuTu 111057098
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OnePlus Nord 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> alominzikkAnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 (Alominzikk)AnTuTu 111500307
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-20 (LukisekCZ)AnTuTu 111584537
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-11 (DG)AnTuTu 111542660
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-30 (Gigimutu1)AnTuTu 111561642
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13
ROM ColorOS 14 OxygenOS 13.1
OS updates 2 years 3 years
Security updates 3 years 4 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 80 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 12 min) Yes (60% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:29 hr 0:32 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:39 hr
Watching video - 15:44 hr
Gaming - 05:40 hr
Standby - 94 hr
General battery life
Nord CE4
n/a
Nord 3
21:57 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 112Β°
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 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX882 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 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
Focal length 16 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4" (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 - GalaxyCore GC02M1
Sensor size - 1/5" (β‰ˆ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4920 x 3264 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 1/5
Sensor size 1/3" (β‰ˆ 0.33 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
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Depends on the region 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 19
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Nord CE4
n/a
Nord 3
78.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced April 2024 July 2023
Release date April 2024 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $405 $499
Successor - OnePlus Nord CE5 - OnePlus Nord 5
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Yes, 80 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Nord 3. But if the battery life, software, and design are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus Nord CE4.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
21 (12.4%)
148 (87.6%)
Total votes: 169

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Sergo September 22, 2024 at 05:36 AM
OnePlus Nord 3 doesn't have DC dimming actually.
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Serhii September 23, 2024 at 07:59 AM
Thank you for a comment!
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