Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G vs OnePlus Nord CE5
70
out of 100
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64
out of 100
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4) that was released on December 18, 2025, against the OnePlus Nord CE5, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex and came out 6 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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
- Delivers 161% higher peak brightness (3181 against 1221 nits)
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 6500 vs 5200 mAh
- Shows 19% longer battery life (27:56 vs 23:32 hours)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Stereo speakers
- 16% higher pixel density (447 vs 387 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord CE5
- 66% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1696K versus 1024K)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus UFS 2.2
- 14% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1394 and 1222 points
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 | AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.77 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2772 pixels | 1080 x 2392 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.9:9 |
| PPI | 447 ppi | 387 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 1430 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 300 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.5% | 89.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.34 mm (6.43 inches) | 163.58 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 78.31 mm (3.08 inches) | 76.02 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.91 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.17 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 207 g (7.3 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP65 |
| Rear material | Eco-leather | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Purple | White, Black, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.63/5) | Good (3.6/5) |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops | Excellent (A) Β· 300 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex |
| Max clock | 2700 MHz | 3350 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) - 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) - 1 core at 2.7 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) |
- 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | MediaTek APU 780 |
| Graphics | Adreno 810 | Mali-G615 MP6 |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 895 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~458.2 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4716 | 9142 |
| Single-core score | 1222 | 1394 |
| Multi-core score | 3251 | 4404 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 390323 | 500120 |
| GPU | 183859 | 505807 |
| Memory | 181087 | 258244 |
| UX | 268965 | 432797 |
| Total score | 1024234 | 1696968 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [24 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 48% |
| Graphics test | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1245 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4937 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14468 | - |
| Video editing | 7782 | - |
| Photo editing | 22069 | - |
| Data manipulation | 11271 | - |
| Writing score | 17239 | - |
Recent User Tests
Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-21 (Bomi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1049904 |
| π 2026-07-08 (Ethab) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1222 / 3251 |
| π 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13 | Battery life | SOT 2:02 / β |
| π 2026-07-05 -> Weedsmoker13 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1217 / 3169 |
| π 2026-06-17 (Bomi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1047857 |
OnePlus Nord CE5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-12 (Pranav) | AnTuTu 12 | 1714372 |
| π 2026-09-09 (Md. Ratul Islam) | AnTuTu 12 | 1620744 |
| π 2026-08-22 (Hardik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1633542 |
| π 2026-08-20 (Olly) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 8496 |
| π 2026-08-20 (Olly) | AnTuTu 11 | 1689517 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | MicroSD |
| Memory card max size | - | Up to 1024 GB |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 15 |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | OxygenOS 15 |
| OS updates | 5 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6500 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (78% in 30 min) | Yes (62% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 0:55 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 09:47 hr |
| Watching video | 18:31 hr | 16:06 hr |
| Gaming | 06:41 hr | 06:43 hr |
| Standby | 134 hr | 99 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#92nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 200 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | 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) | 960 FPS (720p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 112Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 200 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony LYT-600 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (β 0.71 inch) | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.56 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | - | Omnivision OV08D10 |
| Sensor size | 1/4" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32D | Sony IMX480 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) | 1/3.0" (β 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.61 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 | No |
| Infrared port | Yes | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Mono |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | December 2025 | July 2025 |
| Release date | December 2025 | July 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $299 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Nord CE5:
- The Indian model features a larger 7100 mAh battery (5200 mAh in the global version).
*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 Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 Pro Plus 5G is definitely a better buy.
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