OnePlus 15 vs OnePlus 8

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to OnePlus 8 (54/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
OnePlus 15
OnePlus

OnePlus 15

93/100
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OnePlus 8
OnePlus

OnePlus 8

54/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 27.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 54.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Battery cycles 1100 cycles —
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes —
Capacity 7300 mAh 4300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 22 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:52 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 04:52 hr
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 139 hr 93 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 13:12 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 09:11 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
CPU 1184036 413060
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 —
Data manipulation 14971 8658
GPU 1490867 169575
Graphics score 2699 1116
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 FPS
Memory 402813 175993
Multi-core score 10732 3472
Photo editing 26644 29642
Section 1 56 FPS —
Section 2 47 FPS —
Section 3 39 FPS —
Single-core score 3607 1256
Stability 78% 99%
Total score 4008294 1003562
UX 930578 244934
Video editing 6678 5874
Web score 15531 9557
Writing score 20874 14782

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 WCDMA B1, B2, B4、B5, B8, B9, B19
4G network 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 LTE 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32, 66
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.1
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, SBAS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes No
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 3.2 3.1
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
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)
eSIM support* Yes No
LTE Cat* — 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors Black, Gold, Purple Black, Silver, Blue, Green
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops —
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 160.2 mm (6.31 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.69/5) —
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Waterproof IP69 No
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 180 g (6.35 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 72.9 mm (2.87 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits —
PPI 450 ppi 402 ppi
PWM 120 Hz 373 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% 97.7%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 90 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Response time 3 ms 2.8 ms
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 88.7%
Size 6.78 inches 6.55 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz —
Type AMOLED AMOLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 240FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
Angle of widest lens 116° 120°
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Ultrawide: 16 MP3) Macro: 2 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX586
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2.25" (≈ 0.44 inch)
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Channels 4 2
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5333 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.0

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Announced October 2025 April 2020
Bundled charger Not included —
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $699
Release date October 2025 April 2020
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor — -OnePlus 15R

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~901.6 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 587 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 768
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 650
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4600 MHz 2840 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 698

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 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 —
📘 2025-11-15(Saran) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-15->Nomaso — AnTuTu
📘 2025-12-24(Rahat khan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-02(RAHAT KHAN FROM BANGLADESH) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-04(RAHAT) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
OS size 26 GB 23 GB
OS updates 4 years —
Operating system Android 16 Android 10.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 13
Security updates 6 years —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus 8
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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