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Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max vs OnePlus 15R

81 out of 100
Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max
VS
88 out of 100
OnePlus 15R
Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max
OnePlus 15R

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max (with MediaTek Dimensity 8450) that was released on January 2, 2026, against the OnePlus 15R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and came out 1 month 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 Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15R
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • 43% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3039K versus 2131K)
  • Comes with 900 mAh larger battery capacity: 7400 vs 6500 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 3.1
  • 73% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2787 and 1608 points

Review

Evaluation of Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max and OnePlus 15R 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
50.1
(Average)
Value Index
71.6
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Reno 15 Pro Max
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OnePlus 15R

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.83 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1272 x 2800 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.8:9
PPI 450 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-165 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3600 nits 3600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 91.6% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Peak brightness test (auto)

Design and build

Height 161.26 mm (6.35 inches) 163.41 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.46 mm (3.01 inches) 77.04 mm (3.03 inches)
Thickness 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) 8.3 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 205 g (7.23 oz) 214 g (7.55 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Gold, Brown Black, Green, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Reno 15 Pro Max +2%
91.6%
OnePlus 15R
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max and OnePlus 15R
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8450 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Max clock 3250 MHz 3840 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.1 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.25 GHz: Cortex-A725		 - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime
L3 cache 6 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek NPU 880 Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Mali-G720 MP7 Adreno 829
GPU shading units 896 1024
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1225 MHz
FLOPS ~2329.6 GFLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max and OnePlus 15R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Reno 15 Pro Max
1608
OnePlus 15R +73%
2787
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Reno 15 Pro Max
6321
OnePlus 15R +45%
9181
Compute Score (GPU)
Reno 15 Pro Max
12469
OnePlus 15R +67%
20796
Compute Score (GPU) 12469 20796
Single-core score 1608 2787
Multi-core score 6321 9181
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Reno 15 Pro Max
2131620
OnePlus 15R +43%
3039097
CPU 671568 935642
GPU 654429 1004668
Memory 282208 384268
UX 523415 714519
Total score 2131620 3039097
Samples Less than 3 [12 tests]
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#106th place)
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Recent User Tests

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OnePlus 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Ketrox)AnTuTu 122895140
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-18 (Luky)AnTuTu 123282930
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Kolli)AnTuTu 112919996
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-24 (Jawad)Geekbench 6 CPU2787 / 9181
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-20 (Jawad)AnTuTu 112893343
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4266 MHz 5300 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM ColorOS 16 OxygenOS 16
OS updates 5 years 4 years
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 7400 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (70% in 30 min) Yes (64% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:58 hr 0:53 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 16:57 hr
Watching video - 27:30 hr
Gaming - 09:10 hr
Standby - 157 hr
General battery life
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 100Β° 112Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL HP5 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.8 -
Focal length 85 mm -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor - Omnivision OV08D10
Sensor size - 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 18 mm 21 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV32C
Sensor size - 1/3.14" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.4 6.0
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* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2026 December 2025
Release date January 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $800 $699
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W Yes, 80 W
*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 15R is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 5

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