OnePlus 15 vs Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos) (88/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Gaming 94.0 Excellent 94.0 Excellent
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 88.0 Very Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 95.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Battery cycles 1100 cycles 1200 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes Yes
Capacity 7300 mAh 4900 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (69% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:01 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 06:55 hr
Max charge power 120 W 45 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Standby 139 hr 107 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 22:00 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 10:28 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (25 W)

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
CPU 1184036 1002073
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 27019
Data manipulation 14971
GPU 1490867 1194326
Graphics score 2699
Graphics test 20 FPS
Memory 402813 396706
Multi-core score 10732 11029
Photo editing 26644
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS
Single-core score 3607 3167
Stability 78%
Total score 4008294 3119822
UX 930578 526717
Video editing 6678
Web score 15531
Writing score 20874

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM850, GSM900, DCS1800, PCS1900
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 UMTS B1(2100), B2(1900), B4(AWS), B5(850), B8(900)
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 B1(2100), B2(1900), B3(1800), B4(AWS), B5(850), B7(2600), B8(900), B12(700), B13(700), B17(700), B18(800), B19(800), B20(800), B25(1900), B26(850), B28(700), B38(2600), B39(1900), B40(2300), B41(2500), B66(AWS-3)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE
Bluetooth version 6.0 6.0
DisplayPort Yes Yes, DP 1.2
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot No No
Infrared port Yes No
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 3.2 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

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Colors Black, Gold, Purple White, Black, Silver, Blue, Pink, Purple
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 158.4 mm (6.24 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.69/5) Good (3.01/5)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 190 g (6.7 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 75.8 mm (2.98 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
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- DC Dimming - DCI-P3- Always-On Display
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 1500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 2600 nits
PPI 450 ppi 516 ppi
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% 99.8%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Response time 3 ms 2 ms
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Corning Gorilla Armor 2
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 91.7%
Size 6.78 inches 6.7 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz 240 Hz
Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Angle of widest lens 116° 120°
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED LED
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6120
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 10 MP3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGNG
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 3x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Channels 4 4
Memory card No No
Memory clock 5333 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Announced October 2025 February 2026
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1249
Release date October 2025 March 2026
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Hall-effect sensor- Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
SAR (body) 1.22 W/kg
SAR (head) 0.78 W/kg

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 6 cores at 2.75 GHz: C1-Pro- 3 cores at 3.25 GHz: C1-Pro- 1 core at 3.8 GHz: C1-Ultra
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 10 (1 + 3 + 6)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Samsung Exynos 2600
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~7024.6 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 980 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 1792
Graphics Adreno 840 Xclipse 960
L3 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4600 MHz 3800 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon AI engine with 32K MAC NPU

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
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
📘 2026-02-27(Rennsport) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-03-29(Elnur) AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-27(ainvine) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Phrog) GeekBench CPU

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
OS size 26 GB 30.5 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 16
ROM OxygenOS 16 One UI 8.5
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos)
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No No
Speakers Stereo Stereo

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