OnePlus 15 vs OnePlus Nord CE5

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to OnePlus Nord CE5 (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
OnePlus 15
OnePlus

OnePlus 15

93/100
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OnePlus Nord CE5
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OnePlus Nord CE5

64/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 60.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Battery cycles 1100 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging Yes —
Capacity 7300 mAh 5200 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (62% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 0:55 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 06:43 hr
Max charge power 120 W 80 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 139 hr 99 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 16:06 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 09:47 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
CPU 1184036 500120
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 9142
Data manipulation 14971 —
GPU 1490867 505807
Graphics score 2699 1245
Graphics test 20 FPS 9 FPS
Memory 402813 258244
Multi-core score 10732 4404
Photo editing 26644 —
Section 1 56 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS 17 FPS
Single-core score 3607 1394
Stability 78% 48%
Total score 4008294 1696968
UX 930578 432797
Video editing 6678 —
Web score 15531 —
Writing score 20874 —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28/30/32/34/38/39/40/41/42/48/66/71 LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/18/19/20/26/28/32/38/39/40/41/66
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
DisplayPort Yes No
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes No
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 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 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

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Blue
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Excellent (A) · 300 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Plastic
Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 163.58 mm (6.44 inches)
Rear material Glass Plastic
Repairability Good (3.69/5) Good (3.6/5)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.17 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP65
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 76.02 mm (2.99 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.9:9
Contrast ∞ 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 800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 1430 nits
PPI 450 ppi 387 ppi
PWM 120 Hz —
RGB color space 99.9% —
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2392 pixels
Response time 3 ms —
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 89.3%
Size 6.78 inches 6.77 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz 300 Hz
Type AMOLED AMOLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
Angle of widest lens 116° 112°
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode
Flash Dual LED LED
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony LYT-600
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 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 Nord CE5
Channels 4 4
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5333 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card max size — Up to 1024 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Announced October 2025 July 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $299
Release date October 2025 July 2025
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-A715- 1 core at 3.35 GHz: Cortex-A715
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~2150.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1400 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 768
Graphics Adreno 840 Mali-G615 MP6
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4600 MHz 3350 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon MediaTek APU 780

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
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 —
📘 2026-04-20(Ankush) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(Astro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Vishal barmaiya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Shivraj) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13->SALAHFTB — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(Olly) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-22(Hardik) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 16 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
OS size 26 GB —
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 15
ROM OxygenOS 16 OxygenOS 15
Security updates 6 years 6 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 OnePlus Nord CE5
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Mono

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