Nothing Phone (3) vs realme 16 Pro 5G
Nothing
Phone (3)
realme
16 Pro 5G
At a glance
- Brand
- Nothing
- realme
- Release date
- July 2025, 11 months ago
- January 2026, 5 months ago
- Launch price
- € 799.00 ($ 936.69)
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- AnTuTu
- 2.084.000 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 94% of devices
- 675.000 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 77% of devices
Display
- Size
- 6.67"
- 6.8"
- Resolution
- 1260 x 2800 px QHD
- 1272 x 2772 px QHD
- Type
- AMOLED
- AMOLED
- Density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- 460 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 20:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TUV Rheinland Low Blue Light, TÜV Rheinland Flicker-free Certified, 2160 Hz PWM, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 700 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1600 cd/m², Peak brightness - 4500 cd/m², 1000000:1 contrast ratio, TÜV Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, 1-144 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 144 Hz, Touch sampling rate 240 Hz, Brightnes 600 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 1800 cd/m², Peak brightness - 6500 cd/m², 5000000:1 contrast ratio, HDR10+, DCI-P3, 10 Bits panel, Scratch resistant, Corning Gorilla Glass 7i, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen4
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300
- CPU
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex X4 + 3x 3 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex A720 + 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex A720
- 4xCortex A78 2.5GHz + 4xCortex A55 2.0GHz
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 4 nm
- 4 nm
- Frequency
- 4.32 GHz
- 2.5 GHz
- GPU
- Adreno 825
- Arm Mali-G615 MC2
- RAM
- 12 GB
- 8 GB
- RAM type
- RAM LPDDR5X
- RAM LPDDR5X
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 200 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.69
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Omnivision OV50H
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- Pixel size
- 1.20 µm
- —
- Sensor size
- 1/1.28"
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- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- Yes
- Yes
- Slow motion
- Yes, 240 fps
- Yes, 60 fps
- Features
- Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
- Night Mode 2.0, Noise reduction, 4K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Dual camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Ultra stable video, Autofocus, Touch focus, Continuous autofocus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, Night Mode
Front camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 2.2
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- Samsung S5KJN1
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- Pixel size
- 0.64 µm
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Battery
- Capacity
- 5150 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Li-Ion Polymer
- Fast charge
- Yes , 65.0W
- Yes , 80.0W
- Wireless charging
- 15W wireless charging, 7.5W reverse wired charging, 5W reverse wired charging
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- Charge cycles
- 1400 cycles
- 1600 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- ~ 71h
- Features
- Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Bypass Charging, Non-removable
Storage
- Capacity
- 256 GB
- 128 GB
- Type
- UFS Storage 4.0
- UFS Storage 3.1
- SD slot
- No
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 75.6 mm 160.6 mm 9.0 mm Print 3D Model
- 77.6 mm 162.6 mm 7.8 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 218 g
- 192 g
- Materials
- Glass , Aluminium
- Polycarbonate
- Colors
- Black White
- Black Gold Pale Pink
- Water/dust resistance
- IP68
- IP68, IP69
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 90 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 270 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 88 %
- 91 %
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 15 RealmeUI 6.0 (Android 15)
- Updates
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 7 years
- OS updates: 5 years
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth 5.4 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax)
- Wi-Fi features
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
- A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS (L1), BeiDou (B1)
Networks
- 5G
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n12 (700), n20 (800), n25 (1900), n28b (700), n28a (700), n30 (2300), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- n1 (2100), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n8 (900), n28b (700), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n77 (3700), n78 (3500)
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B25 (1900+), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B30 (2300), B38 (TDD 2600), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- B1 (2100), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900), B28b (700), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- B1 (2100), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, in screen
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Gyroscope
- Yes
- Yes
- Proximity
- Yes
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- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- Yes
- Yes
- Audio
- Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
