OnePlus 13 vs Nothing Phone (2)

87 out of 100
OnePlus 13
VS
66 out of 100
Nothing Phone (2)

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 Nothing Phone (2), which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and came out 1 year and 4 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
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • 2.2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 1436K)
  • Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4700 mAh
  • Shows 34% longer battery life (31:17 vs 23:16 hours)
  • 29% higher pixel density (510 vs 394 PPI)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 45W)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Delivers 20% higher peak brightness (1194 against 993 nits)
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • The phone is 1 year and 4 months newer

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (2) 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
VS
8 / 128 GB
83.0
(Good)
Value Index
33.6
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
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Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.82 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3168 pixels 1080 x 2412 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 510 ppi 394 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate - 360 Hz
Screen protection Ceramic Guard Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 90.1% 87.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 98.3%
PWM 120 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 2 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13 +20%
1194 nits
993 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 162.1 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 76.4 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 201.2 g (7.1 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP54
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue White, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.71/5) -
Drop resistance Average (D) · 45 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
90.1%
87.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (2)
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Max clock 4320 MHz 3200 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
L3 cache 8 MB 6 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Adreno 730
GPU shading units 1536 1024
GPU clock 1100 MHz 900 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13 and Nothing Phone (2)
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13 +68%
2899
1729
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13 +96%
8945
4563
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13 +321%
24988
5931
Compute Score (GPU) 24988 5931
Single-core score 2899 1729
Multi-core score 8945 4563
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13 +119%
3145582
1436634
CPU 946374 545410
GPU 1154478 241847
Memory 370624 249651
UX 674106 399726
Total score 3145582 1436634
Samples [33 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13 +198%
2455
823
Stability 74% 76%
Graphics test 18 FPS 6 FPS
Graphics score 2455 823
3DMark Solar Bay
11360
n/a
Graphics test 43 FPS -
Section 1 49 FPS -
Section 2 44 FPS -
Section 3 37 FPS -
Graphics score 11360 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 84% -
Graphics test 37 FPS -
Graphics score 6241 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
15714
n/a
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
Nothing Phone (2)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-11 (Ramalama)AnTuTu 111375740
📘 2026-03-26 (meqvice)AnTuTu 111395466
📘 2026-02-07 (Skvizi)AnTuTu 111473702
📘 2025-12-31 (Kilian)AnTuTu 111436722
📘 2025-12-31 (Twister)AnTuTu 111436634

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 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM OxygenOS 16 Nothing OS 2.5
OS size 54 GB 28 GB
OS updates 4 years -
Security updates 6 years -

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 45 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (55% in 15 min) Yes (62% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:04 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 13:42 hr 10:12 hr
Watching video 23:46 hr 16:37 hr
Gaming 06:05 hr 06:07 hr
Standby 120 hr 91 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13 +34%
31:17 hr
23:16 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Digital
Flash Dual LED 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° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.9
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony LYTIA-808 Sony IMX890
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.6 -
Focal length 73 mm -
Sensor Sony LYT-600 -
Sensor size 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KJN1
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Samples - Photo samples of Nothing Phone (2) from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 6560 x 4928 6528 x 4896
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.5
Focal length 21 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX615 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) 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 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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
OnePlus 13 +12%
91.8 dB
81.9 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2024 July 2023
Release date January 2025 July 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $599
Successor - OnePlus 15 - Nothing Phone (3)
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
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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