OnePlus Nord 5 vs Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch OnePlus Nord 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3) that was released on July 8, 2025, against the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 and came out 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 Nord 5
- 36% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1848K versus 1355K)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 50W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1963 and 1332 points
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Shows 13% longer battery life (28:25 vs 25:12 hours)
- Delivers 17% higher peak brightness (1565 against 1334 nits)
- Reverse charging feature
- The phone is 8 months newer
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | 6.83 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1272 x 2800 pixels | 1260 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 440 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (30-144 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1400 nits | 1600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | 5000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | - | 480 Hz |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 89.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 100% | 98.7% |
| PWM | 119 Hz | 90 Hz |
| Response time | 9 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) |
| Width | 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 211 g (7.44 oz) | 210 g (7.41 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Metal |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue | Black, Silver, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.6/5) | Average (2.99/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 90 drops | Good (C) · 100 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 3 cores at 1.84 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-520) - 4 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-720) - 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-720) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 735 | Adreno 722 |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 512 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1150 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS | ~1177.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 10567 | 4719 |
| Single-core score | 1963 | 1332 |
| Multi-core score | 4981 | 4146 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 610318 | 472802 |
| GPU | 487079 | 312151 |
| Memory | 289054 | 226990 |
| UX | 461773 | 343282 |
| Total score | 1848224 | 1355225 |
| Samples | [30 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 92% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1055 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5168 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 22960 | - |
| Video editing | 7758 | - |
| Photo editing | 37813 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14719 | - |
| Writing score | 24843 | - |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus Nord 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-07 (Shankar one) | AnTuTu 11 | 1703396 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1952 / 5317 |
| 📘 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | AnTuTu 11 | 1950942 |
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1960 / 5182 |
Nothing Phone (4a) Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-16 (KJIUKU) | AnTuTu 12 | 1523984 |
| 📘 2026-08-03 (Petros@n) | AnTuTu 11 | 1355225 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (Razvan589) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4719 |
| 📘 2026-05-14 (Razvan589) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1332 / 4146 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 16 |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | Nothing OS 4.1 |
| OS size | 53 GB | 37.3 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 3 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5200 mAh | 5080 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 50 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | No |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (79% in 30 min) | Yes (68% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:01 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1400 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:44 hr | 09:55 hr |
| Watching video | 16:17 hr | 21:01 hr |
| Gaming | 05:44 hr | 06:05 hr |
| Standby | 112 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#80th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 3.5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 120 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 116° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700 | Sony IMX896 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 50 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.9 |
| Focal length | - | 80 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KJN5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.64 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV08D10 | Sony IMX355 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 50 megapixels | 32 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 22 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung JN5 | Samsung ISOCELL S5KKD1 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/3.42" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 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 | 5.4 |
| 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 | No | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | No | 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 | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | July 2025 | March 2026 |
| Release date | July 2025 | March 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $499 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Nord 5. But if the camera, battery life, and design are more of a priority – go for the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro.
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