OnePlus 15 vs Sony Xperia 1 III

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

OnePlus 15 leads overall with a score of 93/100 compared to Sony Xperia 1 III (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Gaming 94.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 93.0 Excellent WINNER 57.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 58.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Battery cycles 1100 cycles
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Bypass charging Yes
Capacity 7300 mAh 4500 mAh
Fast charging Yes (50% in 15 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:43 hr 1:50 hr
Gaming 10:01 hr 04:04 hr
Max charge power 120 W 30 W
Replaceable No No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Standby 139 hr 82 hr
Watching video 28:44 hr 08:56 hr
Web browsing 18:32 hr 05:20 hr
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes

Benchmarks

Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
CPU 1184036 435324
Compute Score (GPU) 24461 4494
Data manipulation 14971 11659
GPU 1490867 228692
Graphics score 2699 505
Graphics test 20 FPS 4 FPS
Memory 402813 219361
Multi-core score 10732 3917
Photo editing 26644 31867
Section 1 56 FPS
Section 2 47 FPS
Section 3 39 FPS
Single-core score 3607 1528
Stability 78% 77%
Total score 4008294 1232200
UX 930578 348823
Video editing 6678 7747
Web score 15531 12641
Writing score 20874 17464

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
2G network GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
3G network WCDMA 1/2/4/5/6/8/19 HSDPA 2100 (band 1), 1900 (band 2), 1700 (band 4), 850 (band 5), 800 (band 6), 900 (band 8), 800 (band 19)
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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.2
DisplayPort Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Hybrid slot No Yes
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 3.1
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 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax)
eSIM support* Yes No
LTE Cat* 20

Design and build

Design and build specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber
Colors Black, Gold, Purple Black, Gray, Purple
Drop resistance Good (C) · 90 drops
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Frame material Metal Metal
Height 161.42 mm (6.36 inches) 165 mm (6.5 inches)
Rear material Glass Glass
Repairability Good (3.69/5)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Weight 211 g (7.44 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Width 76.67 mm (3.02 inches) 71 mm (2.8 inches)

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) No
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 21:9
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Display features - DCI-P3- Always-On Display- DC Dimming - DCI-P3
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 385 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 620 nits
PPI 450 ppi 643 ppi
PWM 120 Hz 476 Hz
RGB color space 99.9% 99.9%
Refresh rate 165 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 1272 x 2772 pixels 1644 x 3840 pixels
Response time 3 ms 7.5 ms
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 91.2% 84.2%
Size 6.78 inches 6.5 inches
Touch sampling rate 330 Hz 120 Hz
Type AMOLED OLED

Main camera

Main camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
1080p video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
Angle of widest lens 116° 124°
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Camera features - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support - Bokeh mode- Pro mode- RAW support
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Focal length 24 mm 24 mm
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4000 x 3000
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP2) Telephoto: 50 MP3) Ultrawide: 50 MP 1) Standard: 12 MP2) Telephoto: 12 MP3) Ultrawide: 12 MP4) Depth: 0.3 MP
Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Pixel size 1 micron 1.8 micron
Sensor Sony IMX906 Sony IMX557
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.7" (≈ 0.59 inch)
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Zoom Optical, 3.5x Optical, 4.4x

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Channels 4 2
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory clock 5333 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB

Other

Other specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Announced October 2025 April 2021
Bundled charger Not included Yes, 30 W
Category Flagship Flagship
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1200
Release date October 2025 June 2021
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint - Barometer- Proximity sensor- Gyroscope- Accelerometer- Ambient light sensor- Compass- Fingerprint
Successor -Sony Xperia 1 VII

Performance

Performance specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance- 2 cores at 4.61 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
FLOPS ~3686.4 GFLOPS ~1290.2 GFLOPS
GPU clock 1200 MHz 840 MHz
GPU shading units 1536 768
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 660
L3 cache 12 MB 4 MB
Lithography process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Max clock 4600 MHz 2840 MHz
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon 780

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
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
📘 2025-09-21(aqeryi) AnTuTu
📘 2025-09-30(desomorphine) AnTuTu
📘 2025-10-10(desomorphine) GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-02-22(semga) AnTuTu

Selfie camera

Selfie camera specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
Megapixels 32 megapixels 8 megapixels
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

Software

Software specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
OS size 26 GB 16 GB
OS updates 4 years
Operating system Android 16 Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13)
ROM OxygenOS 16
Security updates 6 years

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Dolby Atmos No Yes
FM radio No No
Headphone audio jack No Yes
Speakers Stereo Stereo

DxOMark main camera tests

DxOMark main camera tests specifications comparison
Specification OnePlus 15 Sony Xperia 1 III
Bokeh 60
Preview 57
Samples Photo samples of Sony Xperia 1 III from DxOMark

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