Realme GT 8 Pro vs OnePlus 15

92 out of 100
Realme GT 8 Pro
VS
93 out of 100
OnePlus 15

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.79-inch Realme GT 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 21, 2025, against the OnePlus 15, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and came out 1 month after. 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 8 Pro
  • Delivers 18% higher peak brightness (4000 against 3381 nits)
  • 13% higher pixel density (508 vs 450 PPI)
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 15
  • Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS

Review

Evaluation of Realme GT 8 Pro and OnePlus 15 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)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
33.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
66.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.79 inches 6.78 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3136 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 508 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 7000 nits 6000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate - 330 Hz
Screen protection 60-120 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91% 91.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 3 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
GT 8 Pro +18%
4000 nits
3381 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 76.87 mm (3.03 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 214 g (7.55 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Blue, Green Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.24/5) Good (3.69/5)
Drop resistance Average (D) · 60 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
91%
91.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Realme GT 8 Pro and OnePlus 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Max clock 4600 MHz 4600 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 840
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Realme GT 8 Pro and OnePlus 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
GT 8 Pro +3%
3711
3607
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
GT 8 Pro +4%
11175
10732
Compute Score (GPU)
GT 8 Pro +14%
28004
24461
Compute Score (GPU) 28004 24461
Single-core score 3711 3607
Multi-core score 11175 10732
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
4024736
4008294
CPU 1129296 1184036
GPU 1516328 1490867
Memory 465192 402813
UX 913920 930578
Total score 4024736 4008294
Samples [14 tests] [45 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
GT 8 Pro +11%
3001
2699
Stability - 78%
Graphics test 22 FPS 20 FPS
Graphics score 3001 2699
3DMark Solar Bay
GT 8 Pro +3%
12974
12540
Graphics test 49 FPS 48 FPS
Section 1 57 FPS 56 FPS
Section 2 49 FPS 47 FPS
Section 3 42 FPS 39 FPS
Graphics score 12974 12540
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
GT 8 Pro +68%
26260
15658
Web score 30905 15531
Video editing 7273 6678
Photo editing 69025 26644
Data manipulation 18371 14971
Writing score 43824 20874
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (25th and 26th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Realme GT 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-18 (Mj.)AnTuTu 114016269
📘 2026-08-03 (Gulhark)AnTuTu 113957182
📘 2026-07-23 (Zergo)AnTuTu 113898421
📘 2026-07-16 (Vladsmesh)AnTuTu 114243822
📘 2026-05-14 (mrt)AnTuTu 114379440
OnePlus 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (ASCO🇺🇿)AnTuTu 123842868
📘 2026-09-08 -> aleshkaAnTuTu 123914618
📘 2026-09-05 (Mehdi)AnTuTu 113651261
📘 2026-08-24 -> Ang3L4DAnTuTu 114057387
📘 2026-08-15 (YurOk)AnTuTu 113870500

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM Realme UI 7.0 OxygenOS 16
OS size - 26 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Security updates 4 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 7000 mAh 7300 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 120 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Fast charging Yes (86% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:40 hr 0:43 hr
Battery cycles 1100 cycles 1100 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 16:17 hr 18:32 hr
Watching video 24:49 hr 28:44 hr
Gaming 08:34 hr 10:01 hr
Standby 157 hr 139 hr
General battery life
37:13 hr
39:14 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 116°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 200 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 200 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 65 mm 85 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.5 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 16 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50D OmniVision OV50D
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.612 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 21 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX709
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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
Speakers test
Max loudness
n/a
80.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 October 2025
Release date November 2025 October 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 120 W Not included
*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 15. It has a better camera, connectivity, software, design, and sound.

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Mahan February 6, 2026 at 09:10 AM
Everything is really good except the display glass. If Gorilla Glass Victus 2 had been used, it would have been even better.
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Dominic Aglang December 23, 2025 at 02:38 PM
For me realme gt 8 pro is best phone this 2025 flagship phone in all aspects
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