Oppo Reno 13 5G vs Apple iPhone 14

73 out of 100
Oppo Reno 13 5G
VS
67 out of 100
Apple iPhone 14

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.59-inch Oppo Reno 13 5G (with MediaTek Dimensity 8350) that was released on November 25, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 2 years and 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Oppo Reno 13 5G
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Comes with 2321 mAh larger battery capacity: 5600 vs 3279 mAh
  • Shows 21% longer battery life (29:27 vs 24:17 hours)
  • Delivers 43% higher peak brightness (1208 against 845 nits)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 20W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Has a 0.49 inch larger screen size
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • 13% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1727K versus 1526K)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • The phone is 2 years and 3 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 60% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2272 and 1416 points

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Reno 13 5G and Apple iPhone 14 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)

Should I update?
No 37% Yes
Mostly no. The difference is too small to matter in everyday use.
The overall difference between Apple iPhone 14 and Oppo Reno 13 5G is not big enough to justify updating.
Main improvements: display and battery life.
Be aware: the newer phone is weaker in performance and gaming.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1256 x 2760 pixels 1170 x 2532 pixels
Aspect ratio - 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes No
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.6% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.5%
PWM - 60 Hz
Response time - 12 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Reno 13 5G +43%
1208 nits
845 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.9 mm (6.22 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 7.2 mm (0.28 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 181 g (6.38 oz) 172 g (6.07 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Purple White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.82/5) -
Drop resistance Good (C) · 120 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
89.6%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Reno 13 5G and Apple iPhone 14
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 3350 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 780 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP6 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 640
GPU clock 1400 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Reno 13 5G and Apple iPhone 14
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1416
iPhone 14 +60%
2272
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4311
iPhone 14 +30%
5584
Compute Score (GPU)
9287
iPhone 14 +123%
20728
Compute Score (GPU) 9287 20728
Single-core score 1416 2272
Multi-core score 4311 5584
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Reno 13 5G +13%
1727874
1526761
CPU 497734 441890
GPU 500794 399019
Memory 285213 177784
UX 444133 508068
Total score 1727874 1526761
Samples [10 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test 9 FPS -
Graphics score 1184 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Reno 13 5G +29%
4852
3771
Stability - 76%
Graphics test 18 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 20 FPS 19 FPS
Section 2 19 FPS 14 FPS
Section 3 16 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 4852 3771
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 76%
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Oppo Reno 13 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-23 (Ghost 1944)AnTuTu 111367175
📘 2026-06-14 -> Sisig_lover15AnTuTu 111794325
📘 2026-04-04 (arjie)AnTuTu 111710602
📘 2026-03-21 (Phat)AnTuTu 111769498
📘 2026-03-18 (Chughtai)AnTuTu 111727874
Apple iPhone 14
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom)AnTuTu 111082494
📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai)AnTuTu 111526761
📘 2026-06-06 (emo067)AnTuTu 111538861
📘 2026-05-27 (Rex)Geekbench 6 CPU2382 / 5869
📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy)AnTuTu 111573257

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM ColorOS 15 -
OS size - 12 GB
OS updates 2 years 6 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5600 mAh 3279 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 20 W
Battery type - Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (74% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:31 hr
Battery cycles 1600 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 12:13 hr 10:06 hr
Watching video 18:35 hr 14:55 hr
Gaming 07:13 hr 05:25 hr
Standby 134 hr 114 hr
General battery life
Reno 13 5G +21%
29:27 hr
24:17 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash 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 (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 115° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.5
Focal length 26 mm 26 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size - 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.4
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX372
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 70
Preview - 85
Zoom - 90
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX714
Sensor size - 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 138
Video - 153

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 version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 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
80.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced November 2024 September 2022
Release date November 2024 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $500 $799
Successor - Oppo Reno 15 - Apple iPhone 17
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W 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 Oppo Reno 13 5G is definitely a better buy.

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