OnePlus is preparing to end the year on a high note with their upcoming phone set to debut Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 processor, which will be unveiled on November 26th. A newly spotted Geekbench listing shows what seems like the OnePlus Ace 6T, and the first scores of this unannounced chipset are in. The OnePlus Ace 6T is rumoured to be the upcoming OnePlus 15R.
A device bearing the model number PLR110 has appeared on Geekbench, and tipster Abhishek Yadav claims this is the upcoming OnePlus Ace 6T. As per the listing, the phone gets a single-core score of 2,981 and a multi-core score of 10,136. This places it comfortably in flagship territory.
These numbers are particularly interesting in comparison to the OnePlus 15, which packs the upper-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. For context, the OnePlus 15 (review) posted a single-core score of 3,579 and a multi-core score of 10,575 on Geekbench, as per our internal testing. If these figures hold, the Ace 6T looks to be edging pretty close to the OnePlus 15 in sustained workloads.
The Geekbench listing shows the device running Android 16, with 16 GB of RAM, and a motherboard codenamed Canoe. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 reportedly has two prime cores running at 3.80 GHz, backed by six high-performance cores clocked at 3.32 GHz, and an Adreno 840 GPU. Qualcomm seems to be leaning harder into clock-speed gains this year, and the scores reflect that push.
OnePlus China President Louis Lee has already confirmed that the Ace 6T will launch in China this month, with pre-orders now live. That would make it the first phone globally to ship with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 5, giving OnePlus a headstart over rivals like OPPO and Vivo, who are also tipped to launch phones with the same chipset. The phones could be the upcoming Vivo S50 Pro Mini/X300 FE and the OPPO K15 Turbo Pro.
Official teasers of the OnePlus Ace 6T confirm a 165 fps ultra-high frame rate, as well as a boxy design, flat display and flat sides, pretty much in line with the current OnePlus design language. Battery life seems to be a big selling point this time out, with leaks pointing to a massive 8,000mAh cell, far above typical flagship capacities.
While the Ace series is exclusive to China, the model may not remain confined to the domestic market. OnePlus has started teasing the OnePlus 15R in India, and all signs point towards it being a rebadged version of the Ace 6T. The microsite on the OnePlus India website shows the same ‘Power On. Limits Off’ tagline, with black and green colour options, besides having a square camera island with vertically stacked sensors.
This is not a new strategy for OnePlus as the R-series has historically been a global version of the China-specific Ace series. Launching the 15R with Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 could give OnePlus a serious edge in the upper mid-range category with brands still working on their first Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 phones.
For consumers, the OnePlus 15R / Ace 6T looks like a compelling choice if you need almost-flagship performance without the flagship price. If these early Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 scores are anything to go by, it will remain just a tier beneath the OnePlus 15 but will still have more juice than most upper mid-range phones. If battery life, high frame rate gaming and long-term performance are important to you, then the 15R may give you better value. That being said, if you want nothing but the best benchmarks, camera tuning and premium build, OnePlus 15 and the likes remain the safer choice.
