OnePlus 9 Pro vs OnePlus 12R
63
out of 100
VS
73
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 9 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888) that was released on March 23, 2021, against the OnePlus 12R, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and came out 2 years and 11 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 9 Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 50W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 17% higher pixel density (525 vs 450 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12R
- 56% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1844K versus 1185K)
- Shows 35% longer battery life (29:36 vs 21:58 hours)
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4500 mAh
- Delivers 35% higher peak brightness (1172 against 867 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 65W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- More recent OS version: Android 15 versus 14
- The phone is 2 years and 11 months newer
- 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 | 6.7 inches | 6.78 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3216 pixels | 1264 x 2780 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.8:9 |
| PPI | 525 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | 4500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | 360 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.2% | 90.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 97.8% | 98% |
| PWM | 192 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 41.5 ms | 6 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 134211:1 |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.2 mm (6.43 inches) | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 73.6 mm (2.9 inches) | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.7 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 197 g (6.95 oz) | 207 g (7.3 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) - 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) |
- 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 |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 660 | Adreno 740 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1536 |
| GPU clock | 840 MHz | 680 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1290.2 GFLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 9051 |
| Single-core score | 1537 | 1988 |
| Multi-core score | 3989 | 5079 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 437275 | 616166 |
| GPU | 236949 | 433053 |
| Memory | 195660 | 262122 |
| UX | 315921 | 533254 |
| Total score | 1185805 | 1844595 |
| Samples | [9 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 56% | - |
| Graphics test | 9 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1527 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10265 | - |
| Video editing | 6204 | - |
| Photo editing | 26249 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9595 | - |
| Writing score | 14324 | - |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-15 (Md Taief Khan) | AnTuTu 12 | 1321279 |
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Executedream) | AnTuTu 12 | 1200645 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1537 / 3989 |
| 📘 2026-08-14 (Marchi1962) | AnTuTu 11 | 1253342 |
| 📘 2026-02-21 (Mete kaan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1207152 |
OnePlus 12R
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Babababi) | AnTuTu 12 | 1953931 |
| 📘 2026-01-11 (Sumit) | AnTuTu 11 | 1749776 |
| 📘 2025-12-24 (dimah5642@gmail.com) | AnTuTu 11 | 1918311 |
| 📘 2025-12-06 (Tarun) | AnTuTu 11 | 1844595 |
| 📘 2025-10-15 (Desperate) | AnTuTu 11 | 1720823 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 13 | OxygenOS 15 |
| OS size | 16 GB | 28 GB |
| OS updates | - | 4 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4500 mAh | 5500 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 100 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (100% in 32 min) | Yes (70% in 15 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:32 hr | 0:25 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:24 hr | 12:23 hr |
| Watching video | 12:07 hr | 20:20 hr |
| Gaming | 04:56 hr | 06:18 hr |
| Standby | 116 hr | 128 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#54th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.3x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 480 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 140° | 112° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 8 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 4) Depth: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX789 | Sony IMX890 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 77 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08A10 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 16 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | - | 2 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 22 mm |
| Sensor | - | OmniVision OV02B |
| Sensor size | - | 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.75 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | - |
| Preview | 60 | - |
| Zoom | 110 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 9 Pro from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 16 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4920 x 3264 | 4608 x 3456 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX471 | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - 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 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| 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* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 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 | March 2021 | January 2024 |
| Release date | March 2021 | February 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $970 | $499 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15 | - OnePlus 15R |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.21 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | - | Yes, 100 W |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 12R:
- - The 128 GB model has UFS 3.1 memory, unlike other versions with UFS 4.0.
- Only the American version CPH2611 supports 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 12R is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 9
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