OnePlus 15 vs Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) (66/100), 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 (Snapdragon)
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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 04:27 hr
Max charge power 120 W 25 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Standby 139 hr 118 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 10:02 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 07:09 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
CPU 1184036 516037
Compute Score (GPU) 24461
Data manipulation 14971 12061
GPU 1490867 391403
Graphics score 2699 793
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 FPS
Memory 402813 186259
Multi-core score 10732 4204
Photo editing 26644 30352
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS
Single-core score 3607 1720
Stability 78% 68%
Total score 4008294 1436963
UX 930578 343264
Video editing 6678 7420
Web score 15531 11636
Writing score 20874 16397

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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 (Snapdragon)
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 (Snapdragon)
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
Contrast ∞ 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
RGB color space 99.9%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Response time 3 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 (Snapdragon)
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 S5KGN3
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 (Snapdragon)
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 (Snapdragon)
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 - Barometer- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) 1.04 W/kg
SAR (head) 0.76 W/kg

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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: Cortex-A510- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 818 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 1024
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 730
L3 cache 12 MB 6 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4600 MHz 3000 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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
📘 2024-09-07(Eduardo) GeekBench CPU
📘 2024-09-14(Luis Maldonado) GeekBench CPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
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 (Snapdragon)
OS size 26 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 (Snapdragon)
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon)
Bokeh 50
Preview 67
Samples Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) from DxOMark

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