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OnePlus 13T vs Apple iPhone 15

83 out of 100
OnePlus 13T
VS
74 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15
OnePlus 13T
Apple iPhone 15

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 13T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 15, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 1 year and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13T
  • Comes with 2911 mAh larger battery capacity: 6260 vs 3349 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • 90% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3173K versus 1672K)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 20W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Weighs 14 grams less
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 15 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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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
63.9
(Average)
Value Index
86.3
(Very good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13T
vs
iPhone 15

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 460 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 800 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 86.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - 306 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13T
6.32″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.2 in2
iPhone 15
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13T
n/a
iPhone 15
1640 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.81 mm (5.94 inches) 147.6 mm (5.81 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 71.6 mm (2.82 inches)
Thickness 8.15 mm (0.32 inches) 7.8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 171 g (6.03 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Pink Black, Blue, Green, Pink, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.96/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13T +5%
90.7%
iPhone 15
86.4%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 15
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 4320 MHz 3460 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 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 640
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13T and Apple iPhone 15
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13T +15%
2992
iPhone 15
2612
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13T +39%
9307
iPhone 15
6705
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13T +9%
24853
iPhone 15
22764
Compute Score (GPU) 24853 22764
Single-core score 2992 2612
Multi-core score 9307 6705
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13T +90%
3173674
iPhone 15
1672293
CPU 950649 462812
GPU 1161132 453603
Memory 356504 222511
UX 705389 533367
Total score 3173674 1672293
Samples [8 tests] [9 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 91% -
Graphics test 18 FPS -
Graphics score 2468 -
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13T +177%
11020
iPhone 15
3979
Stability - 74%
Graphics test 42 FPS 15 FPS
Section 1 48 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 42 FPS 15 FPS
Section 3 35 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 11020 3979
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 17 FPS
Graphics score - 2868
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 21599 -
Video editing 8606 -
Photo editing 29817 -
Data manipulation 16672 -
Writing score 24602 -
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-05 (sosalka)Geekbench 6 CPU2748 / 8459
📘 2026-04-04 (Абэме)AnTuTu 113227783
📘 2026-03-21 (Ian)AnTuTu 113173674
📘 2026-03-11 (huinamb)AnTuTu 112988190
📘 2026-02-16 -> qd1chzAnTuTu 113397578
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Apple iPhone 15
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-09 (Gurudev)AnTuTu 111226584
📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 GPU24336
📘 2026-08-15 (Julian Ludwig)Geekbench 6 CPU2615 / 6477
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 6 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 iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM ColorOS 15 -
OS size 54 GB 18 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6260 mAh 3349 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 20 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 21 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 1:50 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:47 hr
Watching video - 16:55 hr
Gaming - 05:36 hr
Standby - 112 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13T
n/a
iPhone 15
25:31 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
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°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 -
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.5" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX633
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 84
Zoom - 114
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution - 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 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 Digital
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/be) Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 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 2 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 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* - 18
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 13T
n/a
iPhone 15
81.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2025 September 2023
Release date April 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $799
Successor - OnePlus 15T - Apple iPhone 17
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 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, 80 W Not included
*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 13T is definitely a better buy.

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14 (87.5%)
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Total votes: 16

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