OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G vs Samsung Galaxy M53 5G

Comparing the OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G vs Samsung Galaxy M53 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: Samsung Galaxy M53 5G scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 2,244, while OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G scores 1,742, making Samsung Galaxy M53 5G the better performer.

Display: Samsung Galaxy M53 5G offers a screen size of 6.7 inches, while OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G offers 6.59 inches, making Samsung Galaxy M53 5G the larger display of the two. Samsung Galaxy M53 5G features a Super AMOLED Plus display compared to OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G's IPS LCD, making Samsung Galaxy M53 5G the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Samsung Galaxy M53 5G offers a higher rear camera resolution with 108 MP, while OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G offers 64 MP, making Samsung Galaxy M53 5G better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Samsung Galaxy M53 5G offers a higher front camera resolution with 32 MP, while OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G offers 16 MP, making Samsung Galaxy M53 5G better for front camera photography.

Battery: Both OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G and Samsung Galaxy M53 5G offer the same 5000 mAh battery capacity.

Storage: Both OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G and Samsung Galaxy M53 5G offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: Samsung Galaxy M53 5G receives a higher expert rating of 7.5 from the editorial team, while OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G is rated 7.

User Rating: OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while Samsung Galaxy M53 5G has a rating of 4.1.

OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite 5G

₹14,999

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Samsung Galaxy M53 5G

₹20,999

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Summary

Release Date

30 Apr, 2022

29 Apr, 2022

14 Jul, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 695	MediaTek Dimensity 900	Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Octa Core (upto 2.2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.4 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)
6 GB RAM	6 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.59 inches (16.74 cm)	6.7 inches (17.02 cm)	6.77 inches (17.2 cm)
IPS LCD	Super AMOLED Plus	Super AMOLED
1080x2412 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1080x2344 px (FHD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


64 MP Primary Camera	108 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
2 MP Depth Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
2 MP Macro Camera	2 MP Macro Camera	N/A
N/A	2 MP Depth Camera	N/A

Front Camera


16 MP	32 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	5000 mAh	6000 mAh
33W Super VOOC Charging	25W Fast Charging	33W Fast Charging
N/A	No Wireless Charging	N/A

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	128 GB
UFS 2.2	UFS 2.2	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

7.0/10

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7.5/10

Read Expert Review

N/A

Pros

Good design~Decent performance&#xA0
~Clean UI

Excellent design
Glorious display
Good daylight shooting
OneUI 4.1 is nice

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Cameras are not the best~Mobile gamers should look elsewhere~Lacks stereo speakers

Low-light camera performance could be better
Misses out on stereo speakers
No HDR10 playback on Netflix or Prime

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.3/5

(306,400 ratings)

4.1/5

(13,397 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	441,219 AnTuTu Score	N/A
N/A	11h 28m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A

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General

Launch Date

Apr 30, 2022

(Official)

Apr 29, 2022

(Official)

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v12

Android v16

OS Updates

2 Years

3 Year

Security Updates

3 Years

4 Years

6 Year

Custom UI

Oxygen OS

Samsung One UI

Nothing OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Good

Very Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 695

MediaTek Dimensity 900

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 SM6650

Processor

Octa core

2.2 GHz, Dual core, Kryo 660 1.7 GHz, Hexa Core, Kryo 660

Octa core

2.4 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Hexa Core, Cortex A55

Octa core

2.3 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

6 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 619

Mali-G68 MC4

Adreno 810

RAM

6 GB / 8 GB

8 GB

RAM Type

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.

N/A

441,219

N/A

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

26.0 s

20.0 s

N/A

Gaming Test Results

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

6.0 %

5.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

15.1 %

26.8 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD

Super AMOLED Plus

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

6.59 inches (16.74 cm)

6.7 inches (17.02 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

1080x2412 px (FHD+)

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1080x2344 px (FHD+)

Brightness

N/A

420 nits

N/A

Peak Brightness

N/A

2000 nits

HBM Brightness

N/A

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

Pixel Density

401 ppi

393 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

84.41 %

85.46 %

87.32 %

Screen Protection

N/A

Corning Gorilla Glass v5

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

Design

Height

164.3 mm

164.7 mm

164.4 mm

Width

75.6 mm

77 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

8.5 mm

7.4 mm

8.6 mm

Weight

195 grams

176 grams

210 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

N/A

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Water resistant IP64 (up to 20 minutes in a depth of 0.25 meter)

Ruggedness

N/A

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Good

Very Good

Resolution

64 MP
Primary Camera6x Digital Zoomf/1.726 mm focal length 0.7µm pixel size

108 MP
Primary Camera10x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle1/1.67" sensor size S5KHM6 ISO-CELL 0.64µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.81/2.76" sensor size

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1/4.0" sensor size

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

N/A

2 MP
f/2.4 Depth Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Continuous Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

9000 x 7000 Pixels

12000 x 9000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

6 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Filters
Touch to focus

10 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @120 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

Video Recording Features

Dual Video Recording

Slow Motion
Video Pro Mode
Macro Video

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera1/3" sensor size Exmor RS 1µm pixel size

32 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera26 mm focal length Exmor RS

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

5000 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

N/A

TalkTime

N/A

Up to 39 Hours(4G)

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 33W Super VOOC Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 25W Fast Charging

Yes 33W Fast Charging 50% in 80 minutes

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.

N/A

11h 28m

N/A

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

1h 2m 39s

1h 14m 33s

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB

128 GB / 256 GB

Storage Type

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid)

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N28
TDD N41 / N78

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / 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)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 19)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
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) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 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

4G Bands:

5G Bands:

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

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 850(band 5)

SAR Value

Head: 1.186 W/kg Body: 0.709 W/kg

Head: 1.31 W/kg

N/A

Wi-Fi

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

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

Yes Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/be/ax) MIMO

Wi-Fi Features

Mobile Hotspot

Wi-Fi Direct Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v5.2

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with Glonass

NFC

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

Audio Features

N/A

Dolby Atmos

N/A

Sensors

Fingerprint Sensor

Yes

Fingerprint Sensor Position

Side

On-screen

Fingerprint Sensor Type

N/A

Optical

Other Sensors

Light sensor Proximity sensor Accelerometer Compass Gyroscope

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