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Realme 16 Pro vs Oppo Reno 15

71 out of 100
Realme 16 Pro
VS
75 out of 100
Oppo Reno 15
Realme 16 Pro
Oppo Reno 15

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.78-inch Realme 16 Pro (with MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Max) that was released on January 6, 2026, against the Oppo Reno 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4. 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 Realme 16 Pro
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
Reasons to consider the Oppo Reno 15
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • 52% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1394K versus 919K)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1270 and 998 points

Review

Evaluation of Realme 16 Pro and Oppo Reno 15 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
16 Pro
91
Reno 15
93
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
16 Pro
76*
Reno 15
84*
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
16 Pro
43
Reno 15
54
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
16 Pro
20
Reno 15
35
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
16 Pro
92*
Reno 15
85
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
16 Pro
76
Reno 15
76
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
16 Pro
71*
Reno 15
75*
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
40.4
(Average)
Value Index
58.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
16 Pro
vs
Reno 15

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.59 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1256 x 2760 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1000 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6500 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection AGC DT star D+ Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 88.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Screen space comparison
16 Pro
6.78β€³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Reno 15
6.59β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.3 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
16 Pro
n/a
Reno 15
1301 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 158.3 mm (6.23 inches)
Width 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) 74.83 mm (2.95 inches)
Thickness 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) 7.77 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 192 g (6.77 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Eco-leather Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Gold, Gray, Purple White, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.18/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
16 Pro +1%
89.5%
Reno 15
88.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme 16 Pro and Oppo Reno 15
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Max Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Max clock 2500 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (1 + 4 + 3)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78		 - 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)
L3 cache 4 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Adreno 722
GPU shading units 256 512
GPU clock 1047 MHz 1150 MHz
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~1177.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme 16 Pro and Oppo Reno 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
16 Pro
998
Reno 15 +27%
1270
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
16 Pro
2881
Reno 15 +43%
4106
Compute Score (GPU)
16 Pro
2508
Reno 15 +209%
7750
Compute Score (GPU) 2508 7750
Single-core score 998 1270
Multi-core score 2881 4106
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
16 Pro
919158
Reno 15 +52%
1394716
CPU 328148 481018
GPU 124316 327987
Memory 190992 249030
UX 275702 336681
Total score 919158 1394716
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme 16 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-25 (BIJAN Majumder)AnTuTu 11919158
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 GPU2492
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 GPU2508
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-09 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 CPU998 / 2881
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Oppo Reno 15
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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 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM Realme UI 7.0 ColorOS 16
OS size 36 GB -
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6500 mAh 6500 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 80 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No Yes
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (80% in 40 min) Yes (68% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 0:57 hr
Battery cycles 1600 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:50 hr
Watching video - 17:46 hr
Gaming - 06:35 hr
Standby - 139 hr
General battery life
16 Pro
n/a
Reno 15
29:05 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 200 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 16320 x 12240 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual 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) 120 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112Β° 116Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 200 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 26 mm
Sensor - Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (β‰ˆ 0.51 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 85 mm
Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL JN5
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size - 0.64 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 15 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV08D
Sensor size 1/4" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (β‰ˆ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.0
Focal length 23 mm 18 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung ISOCELL S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (β‰ˆ 0.35 inch) 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No 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 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 5.4
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* Depends on the region Depends on the region
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 Mid-range Mid-range
Announced January 2026 January 2026
Release date January 2026 January 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $549
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

If the camera, performance, and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Oppo Reno 15. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Realme 16 Pro.

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