OPPO appears to be moving closer to the global launch of the Reno 16 series, and a new Geekbench listing has revealed an interesting twist: the global Reno 16 won’t be using the same chipset as the version sold in China.
The Reno 16 and Reno 16 Pro were officially unveiled in China last month. The standard Reno 16 is powered by MediaTek’s Dimensity 8500 Super processor, while the Reno 16 Pro steps things up with the Dimensity 9500s chipset.
Now, an upcoming OPPO smartphone carrying the model number CPH2865 has surfaced on Geekbench. The same model was previously spotted on certification platforms such as TDRA in the UAE and NBTC in Thailand, where it was linked to the global version of the Reno 16.
The benchmark listing confirms that the global Reno 16 will instead be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 processor; the same chipset found in the global version of the Reno 15.
While Geekbench doesn’t explicitly mention the processor’s name, the chipset’s SM7750 part number, CPU configuration, and GPU information included in the benchmark metadata point to the Snapdragon 7 Gen 4.
The listing also reveals that the device is equipped with 12GB of RAM and runs Android 16.
In Geekbench’s performance tests, the Reno 16 recorded a single-core score of 1,240 and a multi-core score of 3,994.
Although OPPO has yet to announce an official launch date for the global Reno 16 lineup, the Geekbench appearance suggests the company is already testing the device internally ahead of release. Based on current developments, the Reno 16 series could make its global debut later this month or sometime during the first half of July.
For now, the rest of the Reno 16’s global specifications remain under wraps. However, considering that it is arriving within the same year as the Reno 15, expectations for major hardware upgrades remain relatively modest.
Still, the chipset change alone makes the global Reno 16 an interesting case, continuing OPPO’s practice of offering slightly different hardware configurations depending on the market.