Realme 15 Pro 5G vs Realme 8 Pro
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47
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.8-inch Realme 15 Pro 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4) that was released on July 24, 2025, against the Realme 8 Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G and came out 4 years and 5 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
Reasons to consider the Realme 15 Pro 5G
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Delivers 195% higher peak brightness (1846 against 626 nits)
- 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1251K versus 541K)
- Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4500 mAh
- Shows 33% longer battery life (32:07 vs 24:06 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Optical image stabilization
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 50W)
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 13
- More energy-efficient CPU – Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
- The phone is 4 years and 5 months newer
Reasons to consider the Realme 8 Pro
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 512GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
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 | OLED | Super AMOLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2800 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 453 ppi | 409 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | No |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 430 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 6500 nits | 1000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 180 Hz |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.9% | 83.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 114 Hz |
| Response time | - | 7 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
15 Pro 5G
6.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Realme 8 Pro
6.4″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.3 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.26 mm (6.39 inches) | 160.6 mm (6.32 inches) |
| Width | 76.15 mm (3 inches) | 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.69 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 176 g (6.21 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | No |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | Silver, Green, Purple | Black, Blue, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 2300 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (2 + 6) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720) - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720) |
- 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 2 cores at 2.3 GHz: Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) |
| L3 cache | 3 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Hexagon 692 |
| Graphics | Adreno 722 | Adreno 618 |
| GPU shading units | 512 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 750 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1177.6 GFLOPS | ~384 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6607 | - |
| Single-core score | 1201 | 696 |
| Multi-core score | 3549 | 1842 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 475740 | 221329 |
| GPU | 238625 | 50153 |
| Memory | 218084 | 115427 |
| UX | 318827 | 154313 |
| Total score | 1251276 | 541222 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 666 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 99% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 317 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 17079 | 7665 |
| Video editing | 6656 | 5912 |
| Photo editing | 35259 | 23244 |
| Data manipulation | 9400 | 6693 |
| Writing score | 19269 | 12966 |
Recent User Tests
Realme 15 Pro 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-06 -> MarkplayV2 | AnTuTu | 1301157 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (THAKUR) | AnTuTu | 1331093 |
| 📘 2026-03-14 (Bekbol) | AnTuTu | 1251276 |
| 📘 2026-01-25 (Алексей) | AnTuTu | 1232218 |
| 📘 2025-12-19 (Sumanth j) | GeekBench CPU | 1201 / 3549 |
Realme 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-08 (makar) | AnTuTu | 541222 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 2.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 512 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | Realme UI 6.0 | Realme UI 4.0 |
| OS size | - | 13 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 4500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 50 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (88% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:53 hr | 0:39 hr |
| Web browsing | 14:42 hr | 09:50 hr |
| Watching video | 19:07 hr | 13:30 hr |
| Gaming | 07:28 hr | 05:43 hr |
| Standby | 142 hr | 120 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#25th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 108 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 12032 x 9204 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 119° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP 4) Monochrome: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX896 | Samsung S5KHM2 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.3 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Realme 8 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4920 x 3264 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.5 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50D | Sony IMX471 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5.4 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| 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 | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| 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* | - | 15 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | Yes |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | - |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July 2025 | March 2021 |
| Release date | July 2025 | March 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $370 | $350 |
| Successor | - | - Realme 15 Pro 5G |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | 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 Realme 15 Pro 5G is definitely a better buy.
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