OnePlus 11 vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
69
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on January 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 1 year and 8 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 OnePlus 11
- Comes with 1418 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3582 mAh
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- 15% higher pixel density (525 vs 458 PPI)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- Delivers 129% higher peak brightness (1751 against 765 nits)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Shows 32% longer battery life (28:13 vs 21:26 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Handles wireless charging up to 15W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
- Reverse charging feature
- 78% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3591 and 2013 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3216 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 525 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1300 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 96.9% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 361 Hz | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 6 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 11
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.53 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9753 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 2013 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 5590 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 575482 | 555276 |
| GPU | 441424 | 546980 |
| Memory | 310320 | 176885 |
| UX | 519024 | 522035 |
| Total score | 1846250 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1091 | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5312 | 7585 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3671 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11011 | - |
| Video editing | 5985 | - |
| Photo editing | 24430 | - |
| Data manipulation | 11356 | - |
| Writing score | 16368 | - |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Alex) | AnTuTu 12 | 2324532 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| 📘 2026-08-02 (w1ndyy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1919007 |
| 📘 2026-05-03 (lnz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2025 / 5765 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | - |
| OS size | 37 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:22 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:48 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 14:28 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 05:12 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 102 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 32 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX890 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 32 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 48 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX709 | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX581 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 80 |
| Preview | 60 | 93 |
| Zoom | 103 | 142 |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 11 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| 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 | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | January 2023 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $999 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15 | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 11:
- The 128GB version features UFS 3.1 storage, while the other configurations utilize UFS 4.0 storage.
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*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 Apple iPhone 16 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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