OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G vs Nothing Phone 3a

Comparing the OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G vs Nothing Phone 3a 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 Nord CE 5 5G scores higher on the Geekbench Multi-Core test with 4,092, while Nothing Phone 3a scores 3,311, making OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G the better performer.

Display: Both OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G and Nothing Phone 3a offer the same screen size of 6.77 inches, but OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G features a AMOLED display compared to Nothing Phone 3a's Flexible AMOLED, making OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Both OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G and Nothing Phone 3a feature a 50 MP primary rear camera.

Front Camera: Nothing Phone 3a offers a higher front camera resolution with 32 MP, while OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G offers 16 MP, making Nothing Phone 3a better for front camera photography.

Battery: OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G delivers longer battery life with 16h 30m, while Nothing Phone 3a delivers 14h 00m, making OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G and Nothing Phone 3a offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G receives a higher expert rating of 8.3 from the editorial team, while Nothing Phone 3a is rated 7.9.

User Rating: OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G and Nothing Phone 3a both receive the same user rating of 4.5.

OnePlus Nord CE 5 5G

₹35,000

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Nothing Phone 3a

₹24,999

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Summary

Release Date

12 Jul, 2025

11 Mar, 2025

16 Jul, 2026

Performance


MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex	Snapdragon 7s Gen 3	MediaTek Dimensity 6400
Octa Core (upto 3.35 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.5 GHz)
8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	4 GB RAM

Display


6.77 inches (17.2 cm)	6.77 inches (17.2 cm)	6.67 inches (16.94 cm)
AMOLED	Flexible AMOLED	IPS LCD
1080x2392 px (FHD+)	1080x2392 px (FHD+)	720x1604 px (HD+)
120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


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

Front Camera


16 MP Wide Angle Lens	32 MP Wide Angle Lens	8 MP

Battery


7100 mAh	5000 mAh	7000 mAh
80W Super VOOC Charging	50W Fast Charging	30W Turbo Charging
No Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging	N/A

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	64 GB
UFS 3.1	UFS 2.2	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

8.3/10

Read Expert Review

7.9/10

Read Expert Review

8.1/10

Pros

Decent display
Reliable performance
Good primary camera
Impressive battery life

Vibrant display
Clean OS
Good cameras
Solid battery

Top-class battery life
Comfortable to hold
Loud stereo speakers
Performs well for daily use

Cons

No stereo speakers
Average front camera
Many pre-installed apps

Bulky design
No charger in the box

Limited OS upgrades
Primary camera may produce dull tones

User Ratings

4.5/5

(16,210 ratings)

4.5/5

(52,548 ratings)

4.2/5

(21 ratings)

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

1,402,278 AnTuTu Score	798,022 AnTuTu Score	570,353 AnTuTu Score
16h 30m Battery Life (PC Mark)	14h 00m Battery Life (PC Mark)	16h 49m Battery Life (PC Mark)

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₹35,000

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₹19,999

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General

Launch Date

Jul 12, 2025

(Official)

Mar 11, 2025

(Official)

May 19, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

Android v15

Android v16

OS Updates

4 Year

3 Years

1 Year

Security Updates

6 Year

6 Years

3 Year

Custom UI

Oxygen OS

Nothing OS

N/A

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Good

Chipset

MediaTek Dimensity 8350 Apex

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

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MediaTek Dimensity 6400 MT6835

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Processor

Octa core

3.35 GHz, Single core, Cortex A715 3.2 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A715 2.2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A510

Octa core

2.5 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.4 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Octa core

2.5 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)

Mali-G615 MC6

Adreno 710

Mali-G57 MC2

RAM

8 GB / 12 GB

8 GB

4 GB / 8 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR4X

Cooling Technology

Vapor Chamber

N/A

Performance Test Results

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

1,402,278

798,022

570,353

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

20.0 s

17.0 s

26.0 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.

3,022

1,033

383

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

6.0 %

7.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

20.8 %

25.5 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

AMOLED

Flexible AMOLED

IPS LCD

Screen Size

6.77 inches (17.2 cm)

6.67 inches (16.94 cm)

Resolution

1080x2392 px (FHD+)

720x1604 px (HD+)

Peak Brightness

1430 nits

3000 nits

1050 nits

HBM Brightness

1300 nits

N/A

PWM Dimming

N/A

2160 Hz

N/A

Refresh Rate

120 Hz

Touch Sampling Rate

300 Hz

N/A

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.9:9

N/A

20:9

Pixel Density

388 ppi

264 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

88.98 %

87.32 %

84.48 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass 7i

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)

94.10 %

91.4 %

84.3 %

Design

Height

163.58 mm

163.52 mm

166.2 mm

Width

76.02 mm

77.50 mm

76.50 mm

Thickness

8.17 mm

8.35 mm

8.8 mm

Weight

199 grams

201 grams

215 grams

Build Material

N/A

Back: Vegan Leather

Water Resistance

Yes Splash proof IP65

Yes Splash proof IP64

Ruggedness

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Good

Resolution

50 MP
Primary Camera20x Digital Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle 79° field-of-view26 mm focal length 1/1.95" sensor size LYT 600 0.8µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.88 Wide Angle 84° field-of-view24 mm focal length 1/1.57" sensor size S5KGN9 ISO-CELL 1µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Cameraf/1.80.61µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera15 mm focal length 1/4.0" sensor size 1.12µm pixel size

N/A

50 MP
f/2.0 Telephoto Camera50 mm focal length 1/2.75" sensor size 0.64µm pixel size

N/A

Autofocus

Yes Contrast Detection Autofocus Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

OIS

Yes

N/A

Flash

Yes LED Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

8150 x 6150 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Camera Features

20 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

N/A

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @480 fps
HD @960 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @120 fps

2k @30 fps

Video Recording Features

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

N/A

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

16 MP
f/2.4 Wide Angle Primary Camera23 mm focal length 1/3" sensor size 1µm pixel size

32 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera22 mm focal length 1/3.44" sensor size

8 MP
f/2.0 Primary Camera1.12µm pixel size

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Yes Screen flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

Fixed Focus

N/A

Video Recording

Full HD @60 fps
HD @30 fps

Full HD @60 fps

2k @30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

7100 mAh

5000 mAh

7000 mAh

Battery Type

Li-Polymer

Li-ion

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 80W Super VOOC Charging 100% in 59 minutes

Yes 50W Fast Charging 50% in 19 minutes

Yes 30W Turbo Charging

Reverse Charging

Yes

Yes 7.5W Reverse Charging

Yes 6W Reverse 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.

16h 30m

14h 00m

16h 49m

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

47m

51m 50s

1h 17m

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB

64 GB / 128 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 1 TB

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 N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

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

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N26 / N28 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

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)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
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) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1500(band 32) / 600(band 71) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 800(band 20) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

5G Bands:

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

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N26 / N28 / N71 / N75
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N77 / N78

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)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 850(band 5) / 1500(band 32) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 850(band 26)