Nothing Phone 3 vs realme 16T 5G

Comparing the Nothing Phone 3 vs realme 16T 5G across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Nothing Phone 3 scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 7,123, while realme 16T 5G scores 2,007, making Nothing Phone 3 the better performer.

Display: realme 16T 5G offers a screen size of 6.81 inches, while Nothing Phone 3 offers 6.67 inches, making realme 16T 5G the larger display of the two. Nothing Phone 3 features a Flexible AMOLED display compared to realme 16T 5G's LCD, making Nothing Phone 3 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both Nothing Phone 3 and realme 16T 5G feature a 50 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Nothing Phone 3 offers a higher front camera resolution with 50 MP, while realme 16T 5G offers 16 MP, making Nothing Phone 3 better for front camera photography.

Battery: realme 16T 5G delivers longer battery life with 17h 41m, while Nothing Phone 3 delivers 13h 05m, making realme 16T 5G the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Nothing Phone 3 offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while realme 16T 5G offers 128 GB, making Nothing Phone 3 the better option for storage.

Expert Review: realme 16T 5G receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while Nothing Phone 3 is rated 7.8.

User Rating: realme 16T 5G receives a higher user rating of 4.5, while Nothing Phone 3 has a rating of 4.4.

Nothing Phone 3

₹45,999

@ Amazon

realme 16T 5G

₹25,999

@ Amazon

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Summary

Spec Score

92%

76%

Release Date

15 Jul, 2025

27 May, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 8s Gen 4	MediaTek Dimensity 6300
Octa Core (upto 3.2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.4 GHz)
12 GB RAM	6 GB RAM

Display


6.67 inches (16.94 cm)	6.81 inches (17.3 cm)
Flexible AMOLED	LCD
1260x2800 px (FHD+)	720x1570 px (HD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera
50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	2 MP Mono Camera
50 MP Periscope Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)	N/A

Front Camera


50 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP

Battery


5150 mAh	8000 mAh
65W Fast Charging	45W Super VOOC Charging
Wireless Charging	N/A

Storage

256 GB	128 GB
UFS 4.0	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

7.8/10

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8.0/10

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Pros

Attractive display
Solid battery life with fast wired charging
Clean, bloat-free software experience

Reliable battery life
Good thermals for gaming
Large high refresh rate display

Cons

Overpriced for the hardware on offer
Asymmetrical design may not appeal to everyone
Cameras are good, not great

Underwhelming chipset
No ultra-wide camera
HD+ LCD panel

User Ratings

4.4/5

(3,922 ratings)

4.5/5

(613 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

1,930,244 AnTuTu Score	633,631 AnTuTu Score
13h 05m Battery Life (PC Mark)	17h 41m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

Jul 15, 2025

(Official)

May 22, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v15

Android v16

OS Updates

5 Year

3 Year

Security Updates

7 Year

4 Year

Custom UI

Nothing OS

Realme UI

Performance

Performance Rating

Excellent

Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 SM8735

MediaTek Dimensity 6300 MT6835

Processor

Octa core

3.2 GHz, Single core, Cortex X4 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720 2.02 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720

Octa core

2.4 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A76 2 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

4 nm

6 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 825

Mali-G57 MC2

RAM

12 GB / 16 GB

6 GB / 8 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR4X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

1,930,244

633,631

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

10.0 s

31.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

386

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

8.0 %

6.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

11.0 %

11.8 %

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

Flexible AMOLED

LCD

Screen Size

6.67 inches (16.94 cm)

6.81 inches (17.3 cm)

Resolution

1260x2800 px (FHD+)

720x1570 px (HD+)

Peak Brightness

4500 nits

N/A

Brightness

N/A

975 nits

HBM Brightness

1600 nits

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

Pixel Density

393 ppi

254 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

88.48 %

87.3 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

Yes HDR 10+

N/A

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

92.82 %

90.4 %

Design

Height

160.60 mm

166.4 mm

Width

75.59 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

8.99 mm

8.88 mm

Weight

218 grams

224 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass Victus

N/A

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

N/A

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Excellent

Good

Resolution

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.68 Wide Angle1/1.3" sensor size OV50H

50 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle 76° field-of-view28 mm focal length

50 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/2.76" sensor size

2 MP
f/2.4 Mono Camera

50 MP
f/2.68 Periscope Camera1/2.75" sensor size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

8150 x 6150 Pixels

3072 x 4096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Cinema Mode

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

10 x Digital Zoom

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps

Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30/60/120 fps

Video Recording Features

Slow Motion

Dual Video Recording

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Excellent

Very Good

Resolution

50 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera1/2.76" sensor size

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera23 mm focal length

Flash

N/A	Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @60 fps

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

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Battery

Battery Rating

Excellent

Capacity

5150 mAh

8000 mAh

Battery Type

Silicon Carbon

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 65W Fast Charging v4.0

Yes 45W Super VOOC Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

N/A

Wireless Reverse Charging

Yes 5W Wireless Reverse Charging

N/A

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

13h 05m

17h 41m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

0h 50m 0s

1h 31m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

256 GB / 512 GB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.0

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: eSIM

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N66 / N71 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 600(band 71) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 2300(band 30) / 700 (band 12)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SIM 2

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N28 / N30
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N66 / N71 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 2300(band 30) / 1700(band 66) / 700 (band 12)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)