Nothing Phone (3a) Pro vs OnePlus 15

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Nothing Phone (3a) Pro (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro
Nothing

Nothing Phone (3a) Pro

67/100
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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 Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Gaming 24.0 Poor 94.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 67.0 Average 93.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 48.0 Poor 98.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Battery type Li-Po Silicon-Carbon (Si/C)
Capacity 5000 mAh 7300 mAh
Fast charging Yes (60% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 15 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 0:43 hr
Gaming 05:48 hr 10:01 hr
Max charge power 50 W 120 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Standby 131 hr 139 hr
Watching video 16:21 hr 28:44 hr
Web browsing 08:09 hr 18:32 hr
Wireless charging No Yes (50 W)
Battery cycles — 1100 cycles
Bypass charging — Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
CPU 412882 1184036
Compute Score (GPU) 4459 24461
Data manipulation 10284 14971
GPU 181358 1490867
Graphics score 380 2699
Graphics test 3 FPS 20 FPS
Memory 195833 402813
Multi-core score 3357 10732
Photo editing 20223 26644
Single-core score 1182 3607
Stability 98% 78%
Total score 1063109 4008294
UX 273036 930578
Video editing 6246 6678
Web score 11321 15531
Writing score 16850 20874
Section 1 — 56 FPS
Section 2 — 47 FPS
Section 3 — 39 FPS

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900 GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
3G network UMTS 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19 WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
4G network LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 42, 48, 66 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 5.4 6.0
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port No 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- 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 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
eSIM support* Yes Yes

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors Black, Gray Black, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Plastic Metal
Height 163.52 mm (6.44 inches) 161.42 mm (6.36 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Thickness 8.39 mm (0.33 inches) 8.1 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP64 IP69
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 211 g (7.44 oz)
Width 77.5 mm (3.05 inches) 76.67 mm (3.02 inches)
Drop resistance — Good (C) · 90 drops
Repairability — Good (3.69/5)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Max rated brightness 1300 nits 1800 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 3000 nits 6000 nits
PPI 387 ppi 450 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 165 Hz
Resolution 1080 x 2392 pixels 1272 x 2772 pixels
Screen protection Panda Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 87.4% 91.2%
Size 6.77 inches 6.78 inches
Type AMOLED AMOLED
Contrast — ∞ Infinity
PWM — 120 Hz
RGB color space — 99.9%
Response time — 3 ms
Touch sampling rate — 330 Hz

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro 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 120° 116°
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash LED Dual LED
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 8 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Sensor Samsung GNJ Sony IMX906
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 3.5x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro 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 2.2 UFS 4.1

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Announced March 2025 October 2025
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Mid-range Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $459 $899
Release date March 2025 October 2025
Sensors - Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Nothing Phone (4a) Pro —

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)- 3 cores at 2.4 GHz: Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)- 1 core at 2.5 GHz: Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) - 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 7s Gen 3 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS ~537.6 GFLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1050 MHz 1200 MHz
GPU shading units 256 1536
Graphics Adreno 810 Adreno 840
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max clock 2500 MHz 4600 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Hexagon
L3 cache — 12 MB

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-02-26(Mitra) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-07(Anuj Kumar) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-08->Dust_Sans5677 AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-30(Syed Shahzaib Subhani) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-13(Wal) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-01(Ghost) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-04(Chicha | #LYT-600) AnTuTu —
📘 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 Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 50 megapixels 32 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
OS updates 3 years 4 years
Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 16
ROM Nothing OS 4.0 OxygenOS 16
Security updates 4 years 6 years
OS size — 26 GB

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Nothing Phone (3a) Pro OnePlus 15
Dolby Atmos No No
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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