Google Pixel 10 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Google Pixel 10 Pro (with Google Tensor G5) that was released on August 20, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 2 years before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
  • Comes with 1596 mAh larger battery capacity: 4870 vs 3274 mAh
  • Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (2343 against 1782 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 2 years newer
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro
  • Shows 9% longer battery life (24:47 vs 22:50 hours)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2915 and 2285 points
  • Weighs 20 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
53.2
(Average)
Value Index
22.8
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.3 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1280 x 2856 pixels 1179 x 2556 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 495 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 3300 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 2200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 -
Screen-to-body ratio 87.1% 88.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.1% 99.9%
PWM 240 Hz 242 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
2343 nits
1782 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) 146.6 mm (5.77 inches)
Width 72 mm (2.83 inches) 70.6 mm (2.78 inches)
Thickness 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) 187 g (6.6 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber -
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray, Green White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability Good (3.67/5) -
Drop resistance Excellent (A) · 270 drops -
Screen-to-body ratio
87.1%
88.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G5 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3780 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 5 + 2) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics PowerVR DXT-48-1536 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 1100 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2915
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7115
Compute Score (GPU)
12809
28057
Compute Score (GPU) 12809 28057
Single-core score 2285 2915
Multi-core score 6201 7115
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1536042
1452754
CPU 723048 368915
GPU 180786 490265
Memory 253221 182600
UX 378987 410974
Total score 1536042 1452754
Samples [3 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
1391
Stability 96% 71%
Graphics test 7 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 1012 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 73%
Graphics test - 23 FPS
Section 1 - 29 FPS
Section 2 - 23 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability - 63%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 17364 -
Video editing 7207 -
Photo editing 24668 -
Data manipulation 13902 -
Writing score 20520 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 -> PixeluserAnTuTu 111536042
📘 2026-07-11 (anglezz)AnTuTu 111631729
📘 2025-09-26 (Sherik)AnTuTu 111467600
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 GPU26734
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-28 (human)Geekbench 6 CPU2892 / 7293
📘 2026-07-24 (elips)AnTuTu 111387191
📘 2026-06-15 (k0nd3r)AnTuTu 111329788

Memory

RAM
RAM size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock - 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 24 GB -
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4870 mAh 3274 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (12 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (45% in 30 min) Yes (57% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:40 hr 1:33 hr
Battery cycles 1000 cycles -
Battery life tests
Web browsing 11:03 hr 09:28 hr
Watching video 17:16 hr 17:33 hr
Gaming 04:52 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 78 hr 111 hr
General battery life
22:50 hr
24:47 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 123° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung GNV Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/2.8
Focal length 113 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM5 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM5 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 80
Preview - 85
Zoom - 139
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 42 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 17 mm 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX858 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 145
Video - 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
89.3 dB
79.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced August 2025 September 2023
Release date August 2025 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $999
Successor - - Apple iPhone 17 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Not included Not included
Further details
Notes on Pixel 10 Pro:
    - Supports Bypass Charge.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the display, camera, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 10 Pro. But if the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 15 Pro.

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