Nokia G21 vs OnePlus 15

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Nokia G21 (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Nokia G21
Nokia

Nokia G21

39/100
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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 Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Gaming 10.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 39.0 Poor 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 18.0 Poor 98.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Battery type Li-Ion Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 5050 mAh 7300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (22% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 2:49 hr 0:43 hr
Gaming 06:09 hr 10:01 hr
Max charge power 18 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Standby 128 hr 139 hr
Watching video 14:21 hr 28:44 hr
Web browsing 10:38 hr 18:32 hr
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Battery cycles — 1100 cycles
Bypass charging — Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
CPU 119147 1184036
Data manipulation 6069 14971
GPU 19827 1490867
Memory 67135 402813
Multi-core score 1335 10732
Photo editing 12044 26644
Single-core score 378 3607
Total score 299307 4008294
UX 93198 930578
Video editing 4680 6678
Web score 7604 15531
Writing score 8491 20874
Compute Score (GPU) — 24461
Graphics score — 2699
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 47 FPS
Section 3 — 39 FPS
Stability — 78%

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
2G network GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G network WCDMA 1, 5, 8 WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41 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 No Yes
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
Bluetooth version 5 6.0
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No Yes
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
NFC* Depends on the region 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 2 3.2
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band- 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 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* No Yes
DisplayPort — Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Colors Gray, Blue Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 164.6 mm (6.48 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Rear material Plastic Glass
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof No IP69
Weight 190 g (6.7 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Width 75.9 mm (2.99 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 Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Contrast 1070:1 ∞ Infinity
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 480 nits 1800 nits
PPI 270 ppi 450 ppi
PWM Not detected 120 Hz
RGB color space 94.9% 99.9%
Refresh rate 90 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 720 x 1600 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Response time 49 ms 3 ms
Screen protection Tempered glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 81.7% 91.2%
Size 6.5 inches 6.78 inches
Type IPS LCD AMOLED
Display features — - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
Max rated brightness in HDR — 6000 nits
Touch sampling rate — 330 Hz

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
4K video recording No Up to 120FPS
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED Dual LED
Focal length 28 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 50 MP 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Macro: 2 MP3) Depth: 2 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Zoom Digital Optical, 3.5x
Angle of widest lens — 116°
Slow motion — 480 FPS (720p)

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Channels 2 4
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 512 GB —
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
RAM size 3 GB 12 GB
Storage size 64 GB 256 GB
Storage type eMMC 5.1 UFS 4.1
Memory clock — 5333 MHz

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Announced February 2022 October 2025
Bundled charger Yes, 10 W Not included
Category Budget Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $190 $899
Release date February 2022 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Nokia G22 —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A55- 2 cores at 1.6 GHz: Cortex-A75 - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (2 + 6)
Chipset Unisoc T606 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~41.6 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 650 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 32 1536
Graphics Mali-G57 MP1 Adreno 840
L3 cache 1 MB 12 MB
Lithography process 12 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 1600 MHz 4600 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) No Hexagon

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 8 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Operating system Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 16
OS size — 26 GB
OS updates — 4 years
ROM — OxygenOS 16
Security updates — 6 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 OnePlus 15
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio Yes No
Headphone audio jack Yes No
Speakers Mono Stereo

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Nokia G21 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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