Nothing Phone (3a) vs Infinix GT 30 Pro
66
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68
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.77-inch Nothing Phone (3a) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3) that was released on March 4, 2025, against the Infinix GT 30 Pro, which is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Ultimate and came out 3 months after. 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 Nothing Phone (3a)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Shows 13% longer battery life (25:03 vs 22:15 hours)
- Optical image stabilization
- More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
Reasons to consider the Infinix GT 30 Pro
- 66% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1740K versus 1050K)
- Delivers 50% higher peak brightness (1892 against 1261 nits)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- 14% higher pixel density (440 vs 387 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 2.2
- Reverse charging feature
- 27% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1469 and 1158 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Has a built-in infrared port
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 | 6.77 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2392 pixels | 1224 x 2720 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.9:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 387 ppi | 440 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (60-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3000 nits | 4500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 240 Hz |
| Screen protection | Panda Glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.7% | 89.5% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | - |
| PWM | 90 Hz | - |
| Response time | 1 ms | - |
| Contrast | β Infinity | - |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.52 mm (6.44 inches) | 163.7 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.35 mm (0.33 inches) | 8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 201 g (7.09 oz) | 189 g (6.67 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP64 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Plastic | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Average (2.84/5) | Good (3.67/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) Β· 90 drops | Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 | MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Ultimate |
| Max clock | 2500 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 2.5 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 | 1050 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~537.6 GFLOPS | ~2150.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4435 | 9283 |
| Single-core score | 1158 | 1469 |
| Multi-core score | 3276 | 4431 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 402549 | 512281 |
| GPU | 179108 | 433395 |
| Memory | 194640 | 363487 |
| UX | 274304 | 431794 |
| Total score | 1050601 | 1740957 |
| Samples | [38 tests] | [78 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 98% | 81% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 379 | 1193 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 18 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 16 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 4790 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11533 | - |
| Video editing | 6290 | - |
| Photo editing | 20294 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10511 | - |
| Writing score | 16899 | - |
Recent User Tests
Nothing Phone (3a)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | CPU Throttle | 82% |
| π 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3328 |
| π 2026-07-10 -> ratulislam-55 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1158 / 3276 |
| π 2026-06-07 (Aames Ng) | AnTuTu 11 | 1069149 |
| π 2026-06-03 (xperz3650) | AnTuTu 11 | 1065584 |
Infinix GT 30 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-06 (Rolling) | AnTuTu 12 | 1705856 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Hosh) | AnTuTu 12 | 1987817 |
| π 2026-09-23 (Amooarman) | AnTuTu 12 | 1904000 |
| π 2026-09-20 (Hosh) | AnTuTu 11 | 1909681 |
| π 2026-09-14 (Unknown) | AnTuTu 12 | 1907710 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.2 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 |
| ROM | Nothing OS 4.0 | XOS 15 |
| OS updates | 3 years | 2 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 3 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 50 W | 45 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | Yes |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (50 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:06 hr | 1:03 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1400 cycles | 800 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:06 hr | 08:11 hr |
| Watching video | 16:25 hr | 15:07 hr |
| Gaming | 05:49 hr | 06:04 hr |
| Standby | 131 hr | 104 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 108 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 12000 x 9000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| 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) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 111Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 108 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 108 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9 | Samsung ISOCELL HMX |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.33" (β 0.75 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Digital |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | - |
| Focal length | 50 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (β 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | GalaxyCore GC08A8 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (β 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL | GalaxyCore GC13A0 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.44" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/3.1" (β 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) 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 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, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| 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 | No | No |
| FM radio | No | Yes |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | March 2025 | May 2025 |
| Release date | March 2025 | June 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $329 | $310 |
| Successor | - Nothing Phone (4a) | - |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Yes, 45 W |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Infinix GT 30 Pro. But if the camera, battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority β go for the Nothing Phone (3a).
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