Nothing Phone (3a) Lite vs OnePlus 15

[ VERDICT ] Winner: OnePlus 15 (93/100)

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Nothing Phone (3a) Lite (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Nothing Phone (3a) Lite
Nothing

Nothing Phone (3a) Lite

65/100
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[ WINNER ]
OnePlus 15
OnePlus

OnePlus 15

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Gaming 20.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 65.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 43.0 Poor 98.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Battery cycles 1400 cycles 1100 cycles
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 5000 mAh 7300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:07 hr 0:43 hr
Gaming 06:14 hr 10:01 hr
Max charge power 33 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Standby 124 hr 139 hr
Watching video 18:14 hr 28:44 hr
Web browsing 10:31 hr 18:32 hr
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
CPU 347556 1184036
Compute Score (GPU) 2511 24461
Data manipulation 9751 14971
GPU 126923 1490867
Memory 143829 402813
Multi-core score 2922 10732
Photo editing 23565 26644
Single-core score 1015 3607
Total score 884207 4008294
UX 265899 930578
Video editing 5297 6678
Web score 11393 15531
Writing score 17591 20874
Graphics score — 2699
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 47 FPS
Section 3 — 39 FPS
Stability — 78%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G network UMTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19 WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66 LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/30/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/48/66/71
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
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
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)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Colors White, Black Black, Gold, Purple
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 164 mm (6.46 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Average (2.83/5) Good (3.69/5)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP54 IP69
Weight 199 g (7.02 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Width 78 mm (3.07 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.9:9 19.5:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 6000 nits
PPI 388 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 1080 x 2392 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Screen protection Panda Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 86.9% 91.2%
Size 6.77 inches 6.78 inches
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz 330 Hz
Type AMOLED AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 120 Hz
RGB color space — 99.9%
Response time — 3 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
Angle of widest lens 120° 116°
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED Dual LED
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP3) Macro: 2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN9 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Channels 2 4
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB —
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Announced October 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $899
Release date October 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55- 4 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 7300 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~536.1 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1047 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 256 1536
Graphics Mali-G615 MP2 Adreno 840
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2500 MHz 4600 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 655 Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-01-25(amor) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-26(Kashi) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-07(a1kzz) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-21(Zenos) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-01(Seraphim) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-04(Nothing left) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-06(Samuray095) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(Mohamed selima) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(@zokhidjonovch) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(@zokhidjonovch) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(YurOk) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 16 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Operating system Android 15 Android 16
ROM Nothing OS 3.5 OxygenOS 16
Security updates 6 years 6 years
OS size — 26 GB

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Lite OnePlus 15
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Mono Stereo

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