Oneplus 6t vs samsung s8 plus

Key Feature Comparison

Oneplus 6t vs samsung s8 plus

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At a Glance

Octa core (2.3 GHz, Quad core, M2 Mongoose + 1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53)

Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895, Mali-G71 MP20

Octa core (2.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 385 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 385)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845, Adreno 630

3500 mAh

Li-ion, Fast, 15W

Single, 12MP

3840x2160 @ 30 fps, 1920x1080 @ 60 fps, 1280x720 @ 120 fps

Dual, 16MP + 20MP

3840x2160 @ 30 fps, 1920x1080 @ 60 fps, 1280x720 @ 30 fps

Detailed Specs

Display

Screen Resolution

1440 x 2960 pixels

1080 x 2340 pixels

Screen Protection

Gorilla Glass 5

Gorilla Glass 6

Screen Design

Bezel-less

Waterdrop notch

Memory & Storage

Miscellaneous Features

Performance

Battery

General

Design

Network & Connectivity

Front Camera

Rear Camera

Sensors

Oneplus 6t vs samsung s8 plus

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Oneplus 6t vs samsung s8 plus

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus (with Exynos 9 Octa 8895) that was released on March 29, 2017, against the OnePlus 6T, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 and came out 19 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone

Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 32% higher pixel density (529 vs 402 PPI)
  • Delivers 42% higher peak brightness (641 against 450 nits)
  • Supports Qi/PMA wireless charging up to
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 256GB
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 1440p

Reasons to consider the OnePlus 6T

  • 42% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (404K versus 284K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (28:35 vs 26:38 hours)
  • More recent OS version: Android 11 versus 9
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • The phone is 1-year and 7-months newer

Review

Display

Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness

Performance

CPU/GPU performance in apps and games

Battery

Battery life, charging type and speed

Camera

Photo and video recording quality

Connectivity

Networks, ports, data transmission

NanoReview score

Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

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Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 6.2 inches 6.41 inches
Resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 18.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 529 ppi 402 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Max rated brightness 580 nits 430 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Corning Gorilla Glass 6
Screen-to-body ratio 84% 85.89%
Display features - Always-On Display - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.6%
PWM 250 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 4.4 ms 9 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity

Peak brightness test (auto)

Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 159.5 mm (6.28 inches) 157.5 mm (6.2 inches)
Width 73.4 mm (2.89 inches) 74.8 mm (2.94 inches)
Thickness 8.1 mm (0.32 inches) 8.2 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 173 gramm (6.1 oz) 185 gramm (6.53 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IPX4
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Gold, Gray Black, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, rear Yes, in-display

Performance

Tests of Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus and OnePlus 6T in the benchmarks

SoC
Chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Max. clock 2300 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 8 (4 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A53
- 4 cores at 2.3 GHz: Exynos M2
- 4 cores at 1.5 GHz: Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 4 cores at 2.8 GHz: Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)
L3 cache - 2 MB
Lithography process 10 nanometers 10 nanometers
Graphics Mali-G71 MP20 Adreno 630
GPU clock 546 MHz 710 MHz
FLOPS ~349 GFLOPS ~727 GFLOPS
Memory
RAM size 4 GB 6, 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory clock 1794 MHz 1866 MHz
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128, 256 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 2.1
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max. size Up to 256 GB -

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

CPU 79698 91110
GPU 110641 166474
Memory 32680 64332
UX 63996 84472
Total score 284779 404717

3DMark Wild Life Performance

Stability - 98%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1448
PCMark 3.0 score - 8351

Sources: 3DMark [3]

Software

Operating system Android 7.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 9.0) Android 9.0 (Can be upgraded to Android 11)
ROM One UI OxygenOS 11
OS size 11.7 GB 13 GB

Battery

Specifications
Capacity 3500 mAh 3700 mAh
Charge power 15 W 20 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes, Qi/PMA No
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes, Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge (60% in 45 min) Yes, Dash Charge (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:55 hr 1:25 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 09:32 hr 09:37 hr
Watching video 12:01 hr 12:25 hr
Gaming 04:49 hr 03:56 hr
Standby 82 hr 101 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones

Main camera
Matrix 12 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4616 x 3464
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 480 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1 (12 MP) 2 (16 MP + 20 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.7
- Focal length: 26 mm
- Pixel size: 1.4 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX333 (Exmor-RS CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
- 16 MP
- Aperture: f/1.7
- Focal length: 25 mm
- Pixel size: 1.22 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.6", Sony IMX519 (BSI CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
Depth lens - - 20 MP
- Aperture: f/1.7
- Focal length: 25 mm
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.8", Sony IMX376 (BSI CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
Camera features - Pro mode - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Samples - Photo samples of OnePlus 6T from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 8 megapixels 16 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 4608 x 3456
Aperture f/1.7 f/2.0
Focal length 25 mm 25 mm
Pixel size 1.22 microns 1 microns
Sensor type CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.6" 1/3.1"
Video resolution 1440p at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

DxOMark camera tests

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 2
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* 16 16
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Mono Mono
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes No

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2017 October 2018
Release date April 2017 February 2019
SAR (head) 0.26 W/kg 1.552 W/kg
SAR (body) 1 W/kg 1.269 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint

*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, connectivity, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus. But if the performance, software, and camera are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 6T.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus

1 (50%)

Total votes: 2

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