Apple iPhone Air vs OnePlus 15

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Apple iPhone Air (84/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple iPhone Air
Apple

Apple iPhone Air

84/100
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[ WINNER ]
OnePlus 15
OnePlus

OnePlus 15

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Gaming 86.0 Very Good 94.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 84.0 Very Good 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 98.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Battery cycles 1000 cycles 1100 cycles
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Bypass charging No Yes
Capacity 3149 mAh 7300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (57% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:33 hr 0:43 hr
Gaming 05:28 hr 10:01 hr
Max charge power 30 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Standby 96 hr 139 hr
Watching video 17:33 hr 28:44 hr
Web browsing 07:48 hr 18:32 hr
Wireless charging Yes (20 W) Yes (50 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
CPU 1060952 1184036
Compute Score (GPU) 37743 24461
GPU 645582 1490867
Memory 312956 402813
Multi-core score 11101 10732
Single-core score 4044 3607
Total score 2568709 4008294
UX 549219 930578
Data manipulation — 14971
Graphics score — 2699
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Photo editing — 26644
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 47 FPS
Section 3 — 39 FPS
Stability — 78%
Video editing — 6678
Web score — 15531
Writing score — 20874

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
3G network UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 66, 71 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
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Yes Yes
Type of SIM card eSIM Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG - Charging- USB-Storage mode- OTG
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes
2G network — GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
Number of SIM* — 2

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Colors White, Black, Gold, Blue Black, Gold, Purple
Drop resistance Very good (B) · 180 drops Good (C) · 90 drops
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 156.2 mm (6.15 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Average (2.85/5) Good (3.69/5)
Thickness 5.6 mm (0.22 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP68 IP69
Weight 165 g (5.82 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Width 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 3000 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 6000 nits
PPI 460 ppi 450 ppi
PWM 240 Hz 120 Hz
RGB color space 99.8% 99.9%
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 1260 x 2736 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Response time 1 ms 3 ms
Screen protection Ceramic Shield 2 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.9% 91.2%
Size 6.5 inches 6.78 inches
Type OLED AMOLED
Touch sampling rate — 330 Hz

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Bokeh 165 —
Samples Photo samples of Apple iPhone Air from DxOMark —

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
Aperture f/1.6 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8064 x 6048 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Sensor Sony IMX904 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 480 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x
Angle of widest lens — 116°

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1
Memory clock — 5333 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Announced September 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
Release date September 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Face recognition sensor - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.6 GHz: Sawtooth- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz: Everest - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Apple A19 Pro Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1620 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 768 1536
Graphics 5 core Apple GPU Adreno 840
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 4260 MHz 4600 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
Megapixels 18 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
OS size 27 GB 26 GB
OS updates 7 years 4 years
Operating system iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) Android 16
Security updates 7 years 6 years
ROM — OxygenOS 16

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Dolby Atmos Yes No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Mono Stereo

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple iPhone Air OnePlus 15
Date — 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

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