ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus vs Oppo Find X8 Ultra

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.85-inch ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 17, 2025, against the Oppo Find X8 Ultra, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus
  • Comes with 1400 mAh larger battery capacity: 7500 vs 6100 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4244K versus 3183K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 100W)
  • 16% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3596 and 3103 points
  • The phone is 6 months newer
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Oppo Find X8 Ultra
  • The rear camera has a 6x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • 18% higher pixel density (510 vs 431 PPI)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus and Oppo Find X8 Ultra 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
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12 / 256 GB
11.1
(Bad)
Value Index
34.0
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.85 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2688 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 431 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 960 Hz 240 Hz
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass
Screen-to-body ratio 90.4% 89.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 100%
PWM - 121 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.82 mm (6.45 inches) 163.09 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 76.54 mm (3.01 inches) 76.8 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.78 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 230 g (8.11 oz) 226 g (7.97 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 IP69
Advanced cooling Active fan Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver White, Black, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus and Oppo Find X8 Ultra
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 4600 MHz 4320 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 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus and Oppo Find X8 Ultra
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 28316 25197
Single-core score 3596 3103
Multi-core score 12013 9772
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1483159 961436
GPU 1363094 1059315
Memory 541927 516419
UX 856329 645931
Total score 4244509 3183101
Samples [4 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 72%
Graphics test - 19 FPS
Graphics score - 2512
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 44 FPS
Section 1 - 49 FPS
Section 2 - 44 FPS
Section 3 - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 11466
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 67%
Graphics test - 37 FPS
Graphics score - 6180
Sources: 3DMark [5]
Web score - 21490
Video editing - 8016
Photo editing - 29166
Data manipulation - 17803
Writing score - 23531
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (14th and 74th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-12 (KaiJun)AnTuTu 114244509
📘 2026-06-30 (Anonym)AnTuTu 114042770
📘 2026-03-19 (qBick)AnTuTu 114150972
📘 2026-01-08 (Alexander)AnTuTu 114372440
Oppo Find X8 Ultra
No benchmark results yet

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 5300 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM Redmagic OS 11 ColorOS 16
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 5 years

Battery

Capacity 7500 mAh 6100 mAh
Max charge power 120 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes Yes (58% in 15 min)
Full charging time - 0:37 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 13:45 hr
Watching video - 18:49 hr
Gaming - 06:44 hr
Standby - 109 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6120 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Optical, 6x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 122° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
4) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50E40 Sony LYT-900
Sensor size 1/1.55" (≈ 0.65 inch) 1/1" (≈ 1 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.6 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 50 MP
Aperture - f/2.1
Focal length - 70 mm
Sensor - Sony LYT-700C
Sensor size - 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length - 15 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV50E40 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/2.88" (≈ 0.35 inch) 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.61 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor OmniVision OV50E40 -
Stabilization No -

DxOMark main camera tests

Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 175
Zoom - 151
Samples - Photo samples of Oppo Find X8 Ultra from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 6560 x 4928
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.4
Focal length - 21 mm
Sensor OmniVision OV16E1Q LYT-506
Sensor size 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) 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 5.4 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 No
Hybrid slot No No
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2025 April 2025
Release date October 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $780 $999
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, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Oppo Find X8 Ultra. But if the gaming and battery life are more of a priority – go for the ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus.

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