Samsung Galaxy S23 vs OnePlus Nord 5
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Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.1-inch Samsung Galaxy S23 (with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy) that was released on February 1, 2023, against the OnePlus Nord 5, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and came out 2 years and 5 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 Samsung Galaxy S23
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Handles wireless charging up to 10W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Reverse charging feature
- Weighs 43 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 6.14 mm narrower
- Ready for eSIM technology
Reasons to consider the OnePlus Nord 5
- Has a 0.73 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 5200 vs 3900 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
- Shows 14% longer battery life (25:12 vs 22:02 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 25W)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Delivers 11% higher peak brightness (1327 against 1191 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- The phone is 2 years and 5 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 | Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.83 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1272 x 2800 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.8:9 |
| PPI | 425 ppi | 450 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 144 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (24-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1200 nits | 1400 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1750 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Corning Gorilla Glass 7i |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88% | 90.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
| RGB color space | 98.9% | 100% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 119 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 9 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Nord 5
6.83″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.6 in2
Galaxy S23
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~24% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146.3 mm (5.76 inches) | 163.41 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) | 77.04 mm (3.03 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.6 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 168 g (5.93 oz) | 211 g (7.44 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP65 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Plastic |
| Colors | White, Black, Gray, Green, Purple, Yellow | White, Gray, Blue |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.6/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 |
| Max clock | 3360 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 4 + 3) |
| Architecture | - 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 |
- 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Hexagon |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Adreno 735 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9410 | 10567 |
| Single-core score | 1987 | 1963 |
| Multi-core score | 5171 | 4981 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 587063 | 610318 |
| GPU | 434955 | 487079 |
| Memory | 275390 | 289054 |
| UX | 414985 | 461773 |
| Total score | 1712393 | 1848224 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [30 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 76% | 92% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1069 | 1055 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 73% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | 22 FPS |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 3 | 18 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5348 | 5168 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 61% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3669 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15188 | 22960 |
| Video editing | 7873 | 7758 |
| Photo editing | 33939 | 37813 |
| Data manipulation | 12935 | 14719 |
| Writing score | 19390 | 24843 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S23
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-13 (Ct) | AnTuTu 12 | 1868238 |
| 📘 2026-09-21 (Mil) | AnTuTu 12 | 1763249 |
| 📘 2026-09-16 (Fluffyicebite:3) | AnTuTu 12 | 1835927 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Rafarobbie22 | AnTuTu 11 | 1708074 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 (Rafa) | AnTuTu 11 | 1708074 |
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 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) |
| ROM | One UI 8.0 | OxygenOS 16 |
| OS size | 29.7 GB | 53 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 4 years |
| Security updates | 5 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 3900 mAh | 5200 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 80 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (10 W) | No |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (57% in 30 min) | Yes (79% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:16 hr | 0:42 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1200 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:12 hr | 10:44 hr |
| Watching video | 13:41 hr | 16:17 hr |
| Gaming | 05:20 hr | 05:44 hr |
| Standby | 109 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6120 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Digital |
| Flash | 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 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 116° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 10 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGN3 | Sony LYT-700 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 10 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 70 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3K1 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 8 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 15 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX564 | Omnivision OV08D10 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 72 | - |
| Zoom | 126 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3LU | Samsung JN5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.64 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (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 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 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| 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, DP 1.2 | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | Yes |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 2 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 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 | Mid-range |
| Announced | February 2023 | July 2025 |
| Release date | February 2023 | July 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $549 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Snapdragon) | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.96 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.3 W/kg | - |
| 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 | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S23:
- The 128GB version uses slower UFS 3.1 memory, while the 256GB and 512GB models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display and battery life are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus Nord 5. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Samsung Galaxy S23.
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