Motorola Edge (2021) vs OnePlus 15

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Motorola Edge (2021) (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Motorola Edge (2021)
Motorola

Motorola Edge (2021)

50/100
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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 Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Gaming 18.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 50.0 Below Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 42.0 Poor 98.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 5000 mAh 7300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (60% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:25 hr 0:43 hr
Max charge power 30 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Battery cycles — 1100 cycles
Bypass charging — Yes
Gaming — 10:01 hr
Standby — 139 hr
Watching video — 28:44 hr
Web browsing — 18:32 hr

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
CPU 322720 1184036
Compute Score (GPU) 2112 24461
Data manipulation 11425 14971
GPU 95314 1490867
Graphics score 225 2699
Graphics test 2 FPS 20 FPS
Memory 168073 402813
Multi-core score 2943 10732
Photo editing 27998 26644
Single-core score 1017 3607
Stability 99% 78%
Total score 825910 4008294
UX 239803 930578
Video editing 7623 6678
Web score 13011 15531
Writing score 15638 20874
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 47 FPS
Section 3 — 39 FPS

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
2G network GSM 2/3/5/8 GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/8 WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/14/17/18/19/20/25/26/29/30/38/39/40/41/66/71 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, A2DP LE
Bluetooth version 5.2 6.0
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
LTE Cat* 18 —
NFC* Yes Yes
Number of SIM* 1 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
USB features - Charging- USB-Storage mode - 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 Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display - Dual Band- Wi-Fi MiMO- Wi-Fi Direct- Wi-Fi Hotspot- Wi-Fi Display
Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* No Yes
DisplayPort — Yes
Multi SIM mode — Standby

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Colors Blue Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 169 mm (6.65 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Thickness 9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP52 IP69
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Width 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Advanced cooling — Vapor chamber
Drop resistance — Good (C) · 90 drops
Repairability — Good (3.69/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 450 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 650 nits 6000 nits
PPI 395 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 1080 x 2460 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 87.4% 91.2%
Size 6.8 inches 6.78 inches
Touch sampling rate 600 Hz 330 Hz
Type IPS LCD AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 120 Hz
RGB color space — 99.9%
Response time — 3 ms

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
Angle of widest lens 119° 116°
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Focal length 26 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 12032 x 9204 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 108 MP2) Ultrawide: 8 MP3) Depth: 2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 108 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Sensor Samsung S5KHM2 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.52" (≈ 0.66 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 960 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Channels 2 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 2133 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type — UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Announced August 2021 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 30 W Not included
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $899
Release date September 2021 October 2025
Sensors - Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Motorola Edge (2025) —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)- 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78) - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~563.2 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 550 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 512 1536
Graphics Adreno 642L Adreno 840
Lithography process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2400 MHz 4600 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 770 Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-03-14(Beyonder-editz) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-03-17(Beyonder-editz) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-04-30(Beyonder-editz) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-05-20->Beyonder-editz GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-07-14->Beyonder-editz GeekBench CPU —
📘 2025-10-04->Beyonder-editz AnTuTu —
📘 2025-11-06->Beyonder-editz GeekBench GPU —
📘 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

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 12) Android 16
OS size — 26 GB
OS updates — 4 years
ROM — OxygenOS 16
Security updates — 6 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Motorola Edge (2021) OnePlus 15
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers — Stereo

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