OnePlus 13 vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
VS
79 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch OnePlus 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 31, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 year and 2 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 OnePlus 13
  • Comes with 2726 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 3274 mAh
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 1452K)
  • Has a 0.72 inch larger screen size
  • Shows 26% longer battery life (31:17 vs 24:47 hours)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Delivers 48% higher peak brightness (1772 against 1194 nits)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.9 mm narrower
  • Weighs 26 grams less

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13 and Apple iPhone 15 Pro 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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12 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
83.0
(Good)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 510 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Ceramic Guard -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 242 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13
6.82″ (20:9 ratio) = 17.4 in2
iPhone 15 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1194 nits
1772 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.71/5) -
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13 and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 4320 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13 and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2899
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13 +26%
8945
Compute Score (GPU)
24988
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 24988 28057
Single-core score 2899 2915
Multi-core score 8945 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13 +117%
3145582
1452754
CPU 946374 368915
GPU 1154478 490265
Memory 370624 182600
UX 674106 410974
Total score 3145582 1452754
Samples [33 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13 +76%
2455
Stability 74% 71%
Graphics test 18 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 2455 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13 +87%
11360
Stability - 73%
Graphics test 43 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 49 FPS 29 FPS
Section 2 44 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 37 FPS 16 FPS
Graphics score 11360 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
OnePlus 13 +71%
6241
Stability 84% 63%
Graphics test 37 FPS 21 FPS
Graphics score 6241 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 14928 -
Video editing 6982 -
Photo editing 28408 -
Data manipulation 14424 -
Writing score 22334 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-13 (Phúc Lợi)AnTuTu 123331523
📘 2026-10-09 (Prigogin)AnTuTu 123195605
📘 2026-09-25 (InDominusRex)AnTuTu 123200877
📘 2026-09-22 (Keremss)Geekbench 6 CPU3032 / 9438
📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69AnTuTu 113139994
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 5300 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM OxygenOS 16 -
OS size 54 GB -
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (55% in 15 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:33 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:42 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 23:46 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 06:05 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 120 hr 111 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13 +26%
31:17 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-808 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.6 f/2.8
Focal length 73 mm 77 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-600 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 85
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX615 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
OnePlus 13 +16%
91.8 dB
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 September 2023
Release date January 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $999
Successor - OnePlus 15 - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- 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 13:
    - The "Arctic Dawn" and "Black Eclipse" models are 8.5 mm thick and weigh 213g, while "Midnight Ocean" is 8.9 mm and 210g.
    - The Chinese and Indian versions do not support eSIM.
*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 OnePlus 13 is definitely a better buy.

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