OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G vs iQOO Z7 8GB RAM

Comparing the OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G vs iQOO Z7 8GB RAM 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: iQOO Z7 8GB RAM scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 2,270, while OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G scores 2,111, making iQOO Z7 8GB RAM the better performer.

Display: OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G offers a screen size of 6.72 inches, while iQOO Z7 8GB RAM offers 6.38 inches, making OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G the larger display of the two. iQOO Z7 8GB RAM features a AMOLED display compared to OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G's IPS LCD, making iQOO Z7 8GB RAM the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G offers a higher rear camera resolution with 108 MP, while iQOO Z7 8GB RAM offers 64 MP, making OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Both OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G and iQOO Z7 8GB RAM feature a 16 MP primary front camera.

Battery: iQOO Z7 8GB RAM delivers longer battery life with 15h 00m, while OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G delivers 14h 23m, making iQOO Z7 8GB RAM the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G and iQOO Z7 8GB RAM offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G receives a higher expert rating of 7.5 from the editorial team, while iQOO Z7 8GB RAM is rated 7.

User Rating: OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G receives a higher user rating of 4.3, while iQOO Z7 8GB RAM has a rating of 4.1.

OnePlus Nord CE 3 Lite 5G

₹23,683

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iQOO Z7 8GB RAM

₹21,999

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Summary

Release Date

11 Apr, 2023

21 Mar, 2023

14 Jul, 2026

Performance


Snapdragon 695	MediaTek Dimensity 920	Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Octa Core (upto 2.2 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.3 GHz)
8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.72 inches (17.07 cm)	6.38 inches (16.21 cm)	6.77 inches (17.2 cm)
IPS LCD	AMOLED	Super AMOLED
1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1080x2344 px (FHD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


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

Front Camera


16 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP Wide Angle Lens	16 MP

Battery


5000 mAh	4500 mAh	6000 mAh
67W Super VOOC Charging	44W Flash Charging	33W Fast Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	N/A

Storage

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

Expert Review

7.5/10

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7.0/10

Read Expert Review

N/A

Pros

Good design
Capable stereo speakers
Clean UI
Decent battery life

Decent AMOLED display
Good fast charging support
OIS camera helps with stability

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Cameras are not the best
Uses an LCD display

Screen design looks dated
Ships with bloatware

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.3/5

(238,735 ratings)

4.1/5

(3,711 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

406,506 AnTuTu Score	438,554 AnTuTu Score	N/A
14h 23m Battery Life (PC Mark)	15h 00m Battery Life (PC Mark)	N/A

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General

Launch Date

Apr 11, 2023

(Official)

Mar 21, 2023

(Official)

Jul 07, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v13

Android v13.0

Android v16

OS Updates

2 Years

3 Year

Security Updates

3 Years

6 Year

Custom UI

Oxygen OS

Funtouch OS

Nothing OS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Chipset

Qualcomm Snapdragon 695

MediaTek Dimensity 920 MT6877T

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

2.5 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

8 GB

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.

406,506

438,554

N/A

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

30.0 s

21.0 s

N/A

Gaming Test Results

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

4.0 %

5.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

17.0 %

21.4 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

IPS LCD

AMOLED

Super AMOLED

Screen Size

6.72 inches (17.07 cm)

6.38 inches (16.21 cm)

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

Resolution

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1080x2344 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

680 nits

N/A

2000 nits

Brightness

N/A

1300 nits

N/A

HBM Brightness

N/A

1200 nits

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

90 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

20:9

Pixel Density

392 ppi

413 ppi

381 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

86.68 %

84.14 %

87.32 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with punch-hole display

Yes with waterdrop notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

N/A

Yes HDR 10+

N/A

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

91.40 %

N/A

Design

Height

165.5 mm

158.9 mm

164.4 mm

Width

76 mm

73.5 mm

78.2 mm

Thickness

8.3 mm

7.8 mm

8.6 mm

Weight

195 grams

173 grams

210 grams

Build Material

Back: Plastic

N/A

Water Resistance

N/A

Yes Splash proof IP54

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

Very Good

Resolution

108 MP
Primary Camera6x Digital Zoomf/1.7 Wide Angle1/1.67" sensor size S5KHM6 ISO-CELL 0.64µm pixel size

64 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.79 Wide Angle1/1.97" sensor size S5KGW3 CMOS image sensor ISOCELL Plus 0.7µm 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

2 MP
f/2.4 Macro Camera

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Continuous Autofocus

Yes

OIS

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

12000 x 9000 Pixels

9000 x 7000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Macro Mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

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

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

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

Video Recording Features

Dual Video Recording
Bokeh portrait video

Video HDR
Vlog Mode

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.4 Wide Angle Primary CameraExmor RS 1µm pixel size

16 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera

16 MP
f/2.4 Primary Camera

Flash

Yes Screen flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Video Recording

Full HD @30 fps
HD @30 fps

Full HD @30 fps

N/A

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

5000 mAh

4500 mAh

6000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 67W Super VOOC Charging 80% in 30 minutes

Yes 44W Flash Charging 50% in 25 minutes

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.

14h 23m

15h 00m

N/A

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

0h 50m 47s

0h 56m 27s

N/A

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB

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

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N8 / N28
TDD N77 / N78

5G Bands:

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

4G Bands:

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

4G Bands:

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

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

5G Bands:

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

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N8 / N28
TDD N77 / N78

5G Bands:

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

4G Bands:

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

4G Bands:

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

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: 1.167 W/kg Body: 0.704 W/kg

Head: 1.15 W/kg Body: 0.84 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 v5.1

Yes v5.2

Yes v6.0

GPS

Yes with A-GPS Glonass

Yes with Glonass

NFC

N/A

Yes

Multimedia

Stereo Speakers

Yes

N/A

Yes

Audio Jack

3.5 mm

USB Type-C

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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