OnePlus 15 vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos) (64/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 64.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 59.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Battery cycles 1100 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7300 mAh 4500 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (58% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:10 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 03:27 hr
Max charge power 120 W 25 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Standby 139 hr 96 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 10:03 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 06:25 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
CPU 1184036 485443
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 9946
Data manipulation 14971 12323
GPU 1490867 480762
Graphics score 2699 994
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 FPS
Memory 402813 189036
Multi-core score 10732 3775
Photo editing 26644 24230
Section 1 56 FPS 20 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS 17 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS 14 FPS
Single-core score 3607 1588
Stability 78% 69%
Total score 4008294 1479904
UX 930578 324663
Video editing 6678 7385
Web score 15531 11932
Writing score 20874 16664

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 UMTS B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (AWS), B5 (850), B8 (900)
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 B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (AWS), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28 (700), B66 (AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 3.2
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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
LTE Cat* 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Green, Purple
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) 158 mm (6.22 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.69/5)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 209 g (7.37 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 76.5 mm (3.01 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1450 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits
PPI 450 ppi 403 ppi
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% 99.4%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Response time 3 ms 1 ms
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 83.2%
Size 6.78 inches 6.4 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz
Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 24FPS
Angle of widest lens 116° 123°
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode
Flash Dual LED LED
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 8 MP3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung GN3
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5333 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Announced October 2025 October 2023
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $599
Release date October 2025 October 2023
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) 1.04 W/kg
SAR (head) 0.76 W/kg
Successor -Samsung Galaxy S25 FE

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 4 cores at 1.82 GHz: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.52 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Samsung Exynos 2200
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~1003 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 1306 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 384
Graphics Adreno 840 Xclipse 920
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4600 MHz 2800 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
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
📘 2026-01-15(Wolfy_Tech 🐺) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-15(Gelatinous rake) AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-29(Atherion) AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-27(Daniel_S23FE) AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-05->Otchem1488 AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-08(Leksa) Battery life
📘 2026-07-03->Otchem1488 AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Relakser) AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 10 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
OS size 26 GB 21 GB
OS updates 4 years 4 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM OxygenOS 16 One UI 8.0
Security updates 6 years 5 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Exynos)
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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