OnePlus 12 vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro
89 out of 100
VS
93 out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch OnePlus 12 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on December 5, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 9 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 12
- Has 3x more RAM: 24GB versus 8GB
- Comes with 1818 mAh larger battery capacity: 5400 vs 3582 mAh
- Has a 0.52 inch larger screen size
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 458 PPI)
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- Delivers 53% higher peak brightness (1777 against 1163 nits)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- The phone is 9 months newer
- 53% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3534 and 2314 points
- Weighs 21 grams less
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.82 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 510 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.3% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.9% |
| PWM | Not detected | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 11 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 75.8 mm (2.98 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.15 mm (0.36 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 220 g (7.76 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 903 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 420453 | 408349 |
| GPU | 744371 | 739305 |
| Memory | 385644 | 281199 |
| UX | 323376 | 365064 |
| Total score | 1873844 | 1793917 |
| Samples | [22 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 50.5 °C | 47.1 °C |
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 103 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 17212 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12487 | - |
| Video editing | 6198 | - |
| Photo editing | 24129 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13644 | - |
| Writing score | 17624 | - |
Memory
| RAM size | 12, 16, 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512, 1024 GB | 128, 256, 512, 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.2) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | - |
| OS size | 30 GB | 18 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5400 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 15 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:24 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 13:10 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 18:49 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 06:05 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 114 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-T808 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.43" | 1/1.28" |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 70 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" | 1/3.06" |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 14 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX581 | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" | 1/2.55" |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 142 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX615 | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" | 1/3.6" |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) 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) | 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | December 2023 | September 2024 |
| Release date | February 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price | $799 | $999 |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 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, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
