Oppo R11s review

GSMArena team, 12 December 2017.

Performance

The Oppo R11 was the first smartphone to use the Snapdragon 660 chip. Fast-forward six months later and the R11s is still among the very few to employ the upper mid-range 660 SoC. Considering the (un)popularity of the chip, we would prefer to still share some if its rather impressive specs.

The 660's processor a powerful octa-core housing Qualcomm's custom Kryo 260 cores - four of those cores are ticking at 2.2GHz, and the other four are at 1.8GHz. There is the Adreno 512 GPU which offers 30% performance increase over the 510 GPU inside the Snapdragon 653 platform.

Oppo R11s, just like the R11, has 4 gigabytes of RAM, while its Plus version will pack 6 gigs.

Oppo R11s review

Geekbenching the Oppo R11s reveales the S660 superiority over the S625 inside the Mi A1, and the recent S630 inside the Moto X4 and U11 Life. The scores are not that far from the results of the flagship Snapdragon 835 inside the Mi 6 and OnePlus 5T.

GeekBench 4.1 (single-core)

Higher is better

  • OnePlus 5T
    1960
  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    1929
  • Honor 9
    1876
  • Oppo R11s
    1614
  • Oppo R11
    1596
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    916
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    901
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    877
  • HTC U11 Life
    873
  • Motorola Moto X4
    866
  • vivo V7+
    767
  • LG Q6
    584

GeekBench 4.1 (multi-core)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    6719
  • OnePlus 5T
    6701
  • Honor 9
    6457
  • Oppo R11s
    5907
  • Oppo R11
    5777
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    4292
  • HTC U11 Life
    4140
  • Motorola Moto X4
    4136
  • vivo V7+
    3912
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    3783
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    3251
  • LG Q6
    2011

The promised 30% jump in the graphics performance is there, alright, and the Adreno 512 is still our favorite GPU for the upper mid-range class. Sure, it's not match for the high-end Kirins or Snapdragons, but it's superior to anything else.

GFX 3.1 Manhattan (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    41
  • OnePlus 5T
    41
  • Honor 9
    33
  • Oppo R11
    15
  • Oppo R11s
    15
  • Motorola Moto X4
    9.8
  • HTC U11 Life
    9.6
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    9.1
  • Oppo F5
    7.1
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    6.4
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    6.2
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    6.2
  • vivo V7+
    6.1
  • LG Q6
    3.8
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    3.8

GFX 3.1 Car scene (1080p offscreen)

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    25
  • OnePlus 5T
    24
  • Honor 9
    15
  • Oppo R11s
    8.7
  • Oppo R11
    8.6
  • HTC U11 Life
    5.4
  • Motorola Moto X4
    5.3
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    5.2
  • Oppo F5
    4.2
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    3.7
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    3.5
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    3.4
  • vivo V7+
    3.3
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    2.6
  • LG Q6
    2.1

The BaseMark X and ES3.1 scores say the same thing.

Basemark X

Higher is better

  • OnePlus 5T
    38656
  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    38541
  • Honor 9
    29398
  • Oppo R11s
    20914
  • Oppo R11
    20350
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    14619
  • Motorola Moto X4
    14479
  • HTC U11 Life
    14286
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    10472
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    10446
  • vivo V7+
    9955
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    9543
  • Oppo F5
    9205
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    7004
  • LG Q6
    6179

Basemark ES 3.1 / Metal

Higher is better

  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    861
  • OnePlus 5T
    856
  • Honor 9
    699
  • Oppo R11s
    348
  • Oppo R11
    345
  • Oppo F5
    251
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    229
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    191
  • Motorola Moto X4
    189
  • HTC U11 Life
    183
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    136
  • vivo V7+
    131
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    119
  • LG Q6
    82

Finally, we come to the compound tests, which we deem the most important measures for a smartphone's performance. Here the Oppo R11s proves to be almost flagship-grade. Sure, it isn't as good as the Mi 6 and 1+5T with the Snapdragon 835, but it's miles ahead of the rest mid-range chips.

AnTuTu 6

Higher is better

  • OnePlus 5T
    179790
  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    177326
  • Honor 9
    143583
  • Oppo R11s
    121638
  • Oppo R11
    118677
  • HTC U11 Life
    72854
  • Motorola Moto X4
    71224
  • Oppo F5
    63889
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    61762
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    61616
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    60767
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    58068
  • vivo V7+
    57791
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    55657
  • LG Q6
    37276

Basemark OS 2.0

Higher is better

  • OnePlus 5T
    3632
  • Xiaomi Mi 6
    3547
  • Honor 9
    3072
  • Oppo R11s
    2499
  • Oppo R11
    2386
  • Motorola Moto X4
    1532
  • HTC U11 Life
    1342
  • Huawei Mate 10 Lite / Honor 9i
    1309
  • vivo V7+
    1290
  • Xiaomi Mi A1
    1262
  • Sony Xperia XA1 Plus
    1198
  • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 (S625)
    1050
  • Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017)
    497
  • Oppo F5
    424
  • LG Q6
    275

Oppo R11s and its Snapdragon 660 are once again leading the upper mid-range class in terms of performance by a large margin. Qualcomm did a wonderful job with the 660 chip and we can't but wonder why more makers aren't adopting the platform. Money?

Obviously Oppo has a noticeable edge over the current crop of mid-rangers and makes the R11s an easy pick when performance is concerned. Some of the Snapdragon 835 phones now costs close to the R11s, which may eventually become an issue and that's why we left the Mi 6 and OnePlus 5T in the benchmark charts.

The S660 is manufactured at the 14nm process and is quite energy-efficient. We can applaud the R11s for keeping the shell cool even after going through various benchmarks for the better part of an hour.

Reader comments

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