OnePlus 8 256GB vs Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB

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Comparing the OnePlus 8 256GB vs Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB 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: OnePlus 8 256GB scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 3,379, while Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB scores 2,560, making OnePlus 8 256GB the better performer.


Display: OnePlus 8 256GB offers a screen size of 6.55 inches, while Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB offers 4.7 inches, making OnePlus 8 256GB the larger display of the two. OnePlus 8 256GB features a Fluid AMOLED display compared to Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB's IPS LCD, making OnePlus 8 256GB the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: OnePlus 8 256GB offers a higher rear camera resolution with 48 MP, while Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB offers 12 MP, making OnePlus 8 256GB better for rear camera photography.


Front Camera: OnePlus 8 256GB offers a higher front camera resolution with 16 MP, while Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB offers 7 MP, making OnePlus 8 256GB better for front camera photography.


Battery: Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB delivers longer battery life with None, while OnePlus 8 256GB delivers 15h 45m, making Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB the better pick for all day usage.


Storage: Both OnePlus 8 256GB and Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.


Expert Review: Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while OnePlus 8 256GB is rated 7.


User Rating: OnePlus 8 256GB and Apple iPhone SE 2020 256GB both receive the same user rating of 4.5.

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Summary

Release Date

28 May, 2020
19 May, 2020
06 May, 2026

Performance

Snapdragon 865
Apple A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
Octa Core (upto 2.84 GHz)
Hexa Core (upto 2.65 GHz)
Octa Core (upto 3.8 GHz)
12 GB RAM
3 GB RAM
12 GB RAM

Display

6.55 inches (16.64 cm)
4.7 inches (11.94 cm)
6.31 inches (16.03 cm)
Fluid AMOLED
IPS LCD
AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)
750x1344 px (HD+)
1216x2640 px (FHD+)
90 Hz Refresh Rate
N/A
120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera

48 MP
Primary Camera
12 MP
Wide Angle Primary Camera
50 MP
Primary Camera
16 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A
50 MP
Telephoto Camera (upto 3x Optical Zoom)
2 MP
Macro Camera
N/A
8 MP
Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera

16 MP
7 MP
50 MP

Battery

4300 mAh
1821 mAh
6500 mAh
30W Warp Charging
Fast Charging
90W Flash Charging
N/A
Wireless Charging
Wireless Charging

Storage

256 GB
256 GB
256 GB
UFS 3.0
NVMe
UFS 4.1

Expert Review

7.0/10
8.0/10
8.4/10

Pros

  • Vibrant and punchy 90Hz display
  • Excellent performance and thermal management
  • Great battery life
  • Best-in-class Android experience
  • Ideal for one-handed usage
  • Smooth performance
  • Good daylight camera performance
  • Guaranteed OS updates
  • Compact, premium design
  • Excellent battery life
  • Reliable performance
  • Strong portrait photography

Cons

  • Night photography is iffy
  • Macro camera is unnecessary and bad
  • Pricing could have been better
  • Small screen
  • Just one rear camera
  • Average battery life
  • Video recording inconsistencies
  • Colours can be slightly oversaturated

User Ratings

4.5/5
(1,432 ratings)
4.5/5
(154,643 ratings)
4.4/5
(109 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

579,239
AnTuTu Score
377,458
AnTuTu Score
3,000,897
AnTuTu Score
15h 45m
Battery Life (PC Mark)
N/A
16h 04m
Battery Life (PC Mark)

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General

Launch Date

May 28, 2020
(Official)
May 19, 2020
(Official)
May 06, 2026
(Official)

Operating System

Android v10 (Q)
iOS v13.0
Android v16

OS Updates

N/A
N/A
5 Year

Security Updates

N/A
N/A
7 Year

Custom UI

Oxygen OS
N/A
Origin OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good
Very Good
Excellent

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Apple A13 Bionic
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 SM8845

Processor

Octa core

2.84 GHz, Single core, Kryo 585 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Kryo 585 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Kryo 585
Hexa Core

2.65 GHz, Dual core, Lightning 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Thunder
Octa core

3.8 GHz, Dual core, Oryon V3 Phoenix L 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon V3 Phoenix M

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit
64 bit
64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

7 nm
7 nm
3 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 650
Apple GPU (four-core graphics)
Adreno 829

RAM

6 GB / 8 GB / 12 GB
3 GB
12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X Ultra

Performance Test Results

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

579,239
377,458
3,000,897

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

20.0 s
16.0 s
14.0 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
N/A
4,004

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

7.0 %
4.0 %
5.0 %

Heating* (The lower, the better)

19.7 %
15.6 %
17.4 %
* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent
Excellent
Best In Class

Display Type

Fluid AMOLED (Curved Display)
IPS LCD
AMOLED

Screen Size

6.55 inches  (16.64 cm)
4.7 inches  (11.94 cm)
6.31 inches  (16.03 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)
750x1344 px (HD+)
1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

N/A
N/A
5000 nits

Refresh Rate

90 Hz
N/A
120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9
16:9
19.5:9

Pixel Density

402 ppi
327 ppi
460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

88.69 %
65.23 %
90.11 %

Screen Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass v5
Yes
N/A

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display
N/A
Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

Yes HDR 10+
N/A
Yes HDR 10+

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A
N/A
94.38 %

Design

Height

160.2 mm
138.4 mm
150.83 mm

Width

72.9 mm
67.3 mm
71.76 mm

Thickness

8 mm
7.3 mm
7.99 mm

Weight

180 grams
148 grams
191 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass
Back: Mineral Glass
Back: Glass

Water Resistance

N/A
Yes Water resistant IP67 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1 meter)
Yes Water resistant IP68 IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A
Dust proof
Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good
Very Good
Excellent

Resolution

48 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.7525 mm focal length 1/2" sensor size IMX586 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.8µm pixel size
12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide AngleExmor-RS CMOS Sensor
50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.57IMX921
16 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera13 mm focal length
N/A
50 MP
f/2.65 Telephoto Camera
2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera1.75µm pixel size
N/A
8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Continuous Autofocus
Yes Phase Detection Autofocus
Yes

OIS

Yes
Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash
Yes Quad LED True Tone Flash
Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8000 x 6000 Pixels
4000 x 3000 Pixels
N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control
Exposure compensation ISO control
N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode
N/A

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
5 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus
N/A

Video Recording

4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps
HD @480 fps
4k @30 fps
Full HD @60 fps
8k @30 fps
4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120 fps

Video Recording Features

N/A
Optical Image stabilization
Stereo recording
N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good
Very Good
Best In Class

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.45 Primary Camera1/3" sensor size Exmor RS 1µm pixel size
7 MP
f/2.2 Primary CameraBSI Sensor
50 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A
N/A
Yes

Flash

Yes Screen flash
Yes Retina Flash
Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Fixed Focus
N/A
N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps
N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good
Excellent
Excellent

Capacity

4300 mAh
1821 mAh
6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

N/A
Up to 14 Hours(3G)
N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 30W Warp Charging 50% in 22 minutes
Yes Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes
Yes 90W Flash Charging

Wireless Charging

N/A
Yes
Yes 40W Wireless Charging

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.

15h 45m
N/A
16h 04m

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

1h 33m 23s
2h 16m 5s
0h 41m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB
64 GB / 128 GB / 256 GB
256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.0
NVMe
UFS 4.1

Expandable Storage

No
No
No

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM
Dual SIM
Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano
SIM1: Nano SIM2: eSIM
SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano/eSIM

Network Support

5G 4G
5G Not Supported 4G
5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes
Yes
Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:
TDD N78
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30)
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)
N/A
N/A
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SIM 2

4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 14) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 700(band 29) / 2300(band 30) / 2100(band 33)
5G Bands:
FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N77 / N78
N/A
N/A
4G Bands:
TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 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) / 1500(band 32) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)
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SAR Value

N/A
Head: 1.17 W/kg Body: 1.16 W/kg
N/A

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 b/g/n/ac/ax) 5GHz MIMO
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/b/g/n) 5GHz MIMO
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 a/n) 5GHz MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot
Mobile Hotspot
Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.1
Yes v5.0
Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass
Yes with A-GPS Glonass

NFC

Yes
Yes
Yes

IR Blaster

N/A
N/A
Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes
Yes
N/A

Audio Jack

USB Type-C
Lightning
USB Type-C

Audio Features

Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus
N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes
Yes
Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

On-screen
Front
On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

Optical
N/A
Ultrasonic

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Barometer Compass Gyroscope
Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

Applications

N/A
iTunes Store FaceTime Find My iPhone Find My Friends
N/A

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