OnePlus 15 vs Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
OnePlus 15
OnePlus

OnePlus 15

93/100
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Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Xiaomi

Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite

43/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 12.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Battery cycles 1100 cycles —
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Bypass charging Yes —
Capacity 7300 mAh 4030 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes, Quick Charge 3.0 (50% in 35 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:55 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 04:35 hr
Max charge power 120 W 18 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Standby 139 hr 138 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 11:52 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 07:34 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) No

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
CPU 1184036 159583
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 880
Data manipulation 14971 5855
GPU 1490867 38436
Graphics score 2699 228
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Memory 402813 80418
Multi-core score 10732 1320
Photo editing 26644 13187
Section 1 56 FPS —
Section 2 47 FPS —
Section 3 39 FPS —
Single-core score 3607 431
Stability 78% 99%
Total score 4008294 417439
UX 930578 139002
Video editing 6678 5633
Web score 15531 6383
Writing score 20874 7602

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
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 band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 28(700), 38(2600), 40(2300)
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth features LE LE, HID, A2DP
Bluetooth version 6.0 5
DisplayPort Yes —
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Hybrid slot No Yes
Infrared port Yes 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- USB-Host 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 Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
eSIM support* Yes No
LTE Cat* — 12

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber —
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Blue
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) 156.8 mm (6.17 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.69/5) —
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.7 mm (0.34 inches)
Waterproof IP69 No
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 179 g (6.31 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 74.5 mm (2.93 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 430 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits —
PPI 450 ppi 403 ppi
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% 95.8%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 60 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Response time 3 ms 3.4 ms
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 85.8%
Size 6.78 inches 6.39 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz —
Type AMOLED AMOLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 30FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
Angle of widest lens 116° 118°
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 8000 x 6000
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 48 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP3) Depth: 2 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX586
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Digital
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Digital

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5333 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
RAM size 12 GB 6 GB
Storage size 256 GB 64 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card max size — Up to 256 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Announced October 2025 September 2019
Bundled charger Not included —
Category Flagship Mid-range
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $320
Release date October 2025 September 2019
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) — 1.4 W/kg
SAR (head) — 1.42 W/kg
Successor — -Xiaomi 13 Lite

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 1.7 GHz: Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 2 cores at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~258 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 504 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 256
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 616
L3 cache 12 MB 1 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4600 MHz 2200 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 685

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
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 —
📘 2024-04-22(gbirkin) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-02-17(Evgenie3311) — AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
OS size 26 GB 13 GB
OS updates 4 years —
Operating system Android 16 Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM OxygenOS 16 MIUI 12.5
Security updates 6 years —

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No Yes
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers Stereo Mono

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