Realme GT 6 vs OnePlus 12R

70 out of 100
Realme GT 6
VS
73 out of 100
OnePlus 12R

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Realme GT 6 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on June 20, 2024, against the OnePlus 12R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 6
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Delivers 26% higher peak brightness (1471 against 1170 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12R
  • Shows 15% longer battery life (29:36 vs 25:51 hours)
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Realme GT 6 and OnePlus 12R crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
65*
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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Final comparison evaluation
70*
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
53.0
(Average)
Value Index
71.5
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1264 x 2780 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.8:9
PPI 450 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz 360 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 90.9%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 98%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 6 ms
Contrast - 134211:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
GT 6 +26%
1471 nits
1170 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 162 mm (6.38 inches) 163.3 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) 75.3 mm (2.96 inches)
Thickness 8.65 mm (0.34 inches) 8.8 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 207 g (7.3 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP65
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Silver, Green Gray, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.37/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
91.2%
90.9%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme GT 6 and OnePlus 12R
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Max clock 3000 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 4 + 3) 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3)
Architecture - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 735 Adreno 740
GPU shading units 768 1536
GPU clock 1100 MHz 680 MHz
FLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS ~2089 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme GT 6 and OnePlus 12R
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1944
1988
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4865
5079
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) - 9051
Single-core score 1944 1988
Multi-core score 4865 5079
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1809566
1844595
CPU 597008 616166
GPU 479969 433053
Memory 298004 262122
UX 434585 533254
Total score 1809566 1844595
Samples [6 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1010
Stability 85% -
Graphics test 7 FPS -
Graphics score 1010 -
3DMark Solar Bay
4776
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Section 1 21 FPS -
Section 2 18 FPS -
Section 3 15 FPS -
Graphics score 4776 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
18654
Web score 21204 -
Video editing 6744 -
Photo editing 44359 -
Data manipulation 13834 -
Writing score 24576 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme GT 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-02 (ridzy)AnTuTu 111809566
📘 2026-03-20 (Hadis)AnTuTu 111895729
📘 2026-01-14 (Alexander198823)AnTuTu 111951699
📘 2025-11-11 (Avishek Sankar Das)AnTuTu 111807243
📘 2025-10-24 (Parth Panchal)AnTuTu 111601805
OnePlus 12R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-01-11 (Sumit)AnTuTu 111749776
📘 2025-12-24 (dimah5642@gmail.com)AnTuTu 111918311
📘 2025-12-06 (Tarun)AnTuTu 111844595
📘 2025-10-15 (Desperate)AnTuTu 111720823
📘 2025-01-31 (Шикимори())Geekbench 6 GPU9051

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM Realme UI 6.0 OxygenOS 15
OS size - 28 GB
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5500 mAh 5500 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging - No
Fast charging Yes (66% in 15 min) Yes (70% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:28 hr 0:25 hr
Battery cycles 800 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 10:56 hr 12:23 hr
Watching video 16:54 hr 20:20 hr
Gaming 06:11 hr 06:18 hr
Standby 114 hr 128 hr
General battery life
25:51 hr
29:36 hr
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (139th and 53rd place)

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash Dual LED 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) 480 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 112°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) 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/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-808 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Focal length 47 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 8 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.14 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 22 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV02B
Sensor size - 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch)
Pixel size - 1.75 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution - 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length 22 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX615 Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) 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 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 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
DisplayPort No No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
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* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos - Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
83.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced June 2024 January 2024
Release date June 2024 February 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $499
Successor - Realme GT 8 Pro - OnePlus 15R
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Yes, 100 W
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 12R:
    - - The 128 GB model has UFS 3.1 memory, unlike other versions with UFS 4.0. - Only the American version CPH2611 supports eSIM.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

These smartphones have a lot in common, but we would recommend the OnePlus 12R. It has a better camera, battery life, connectivity, software, and sound.

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Realme GT 6 June 20, 2024 at 11:09 PM
Does not have "Dolby Atmos" only "Dolby Vision" included.
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