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OnePlus 13R vs OnePlus 13

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OnePlus 13R vs OnePlus 13

86 out of 100
OnePlus 13R
VS
93 out of 100
OnePlus 13
OnePlus 13R
OnePlus 13

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 13R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 7, 2025, against the OnePlus 13, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite and came out 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  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 13R
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
  • Shows 28% longer battery life (31:17 vs 24:27 hours)
  • 35% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2800K versus 2068K)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 24GB versus 16GB
  • Handles wireless charging up to 50W
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • 13% higher pixel density (510 vs 450 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 80W)
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13 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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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 tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13R
vs
OnePlus 13

Display

Type AMOLED AMOLED
Size 6.78 inches 6.82 inches
Resolution 1264 x 2780 pixels 1440 x 3168 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.8:9 20:9
PPI 450 ppi 510 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 1600 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 4500 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass 7i Ceramic Guard
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 90.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.6%
PWM - 120 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13R +1%
1219 nits
OnePlus 13
1201 nits

Design and build

Height 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)
Thickness 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 206 g (7.27 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP69
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13R +1%
91.2%
OnePlus 13
90.1%

Performance

Tests of OnePlus 13R and OnePlus 13 in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite
Max clock 3300 MHz 4320 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (2 + 6)
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		 - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)
L3 cache 12 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
Graphics Adreno 750 Adreno 830
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 903 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13R
2217
OnePlus 13 +33%
2946
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13R
6564
OnePlus 13 +37%
8999
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
OnePlus 13R
2068315
OnePlus 13 +35%
2800003
CPU 428689 597522
GPU 856792 1174108
Memory 434525 594021
UX 348309 434352
Total score 2068315 2800003
Samples Less then 3 [2 tests]
3DMark Wild Life Performance
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 14193
Video editing - 7014
Photo editing - 31159
Data manipulation - 16602
Writing score - 22342

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12, 16 GB 12, 16, 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz 5333 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 256, 512 GB 256, 512, 1024 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 Android 15
ROM OxygenOS 15 OxygenOS 15
OS size - 54 GB

Battery

Capacity 6000 mAh 6000 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 100 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (73% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 15 min)
Full charging time 0:48 hr 0:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:09 hr 13:42 hr
Watching video 17:08 hr 23:46 hr
Gaming 06:59 hr 06:05 hr
Standby 92 hr 120 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13R
24:27 hr
OnePlus 13 +28%
31:17 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 3x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.6
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906) Sony LYTIA-T808
Sensor size 1/1.56" 1/1.4"
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/2.6
Focal length 47 mm 73 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/2.76" 1/1.95"
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Digital Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 16 mm 15 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Samsung S5KJN5
Sensor size 1/4.0" 1/2.75"
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 -
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.4
Focal length 24 mm 21 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX615
Sensor size 1/3.0" 1/2.74"
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes Yes
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
OnePlus 13R
n/a
OnePlus 13
91.8 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2025 October 2024
Release date January 2025 January 2025
Launch price $599 $899
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 100 W
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
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