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Google Pixel 4 vs Pixel 10 Pro

48 out of 100
Google Pixel 4
VS
79 out of 100
Google Pixel 10 Pro
Google Pixel 4
Google Pixel 10 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 5.7-inch Google Pixel 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on October 15, 2019, against the Google Pixel 10 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 and came out 5 years and 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 4
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Weighs 45 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
  • Delivers 436% higher peak brightness (2353 against 439 nits)
  • Has 2.7x more RAM: 16GB versus 6GB
  • Comes with 2070 mAh larger battery capacity: 4870 vs 2800 mAh
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Shows 64% longer battery life (22:50 vs 13:56 hours)
  • 78% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1536K versus 862K)
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • The phone is 5 years and 11 months newer
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Tensor G5

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 10 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 98% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Google Pixel 4 to Google Pixel 10 Pro is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and battery life.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 4
vs
Pixel 10 Pro

Display

Type POLED OLED
Size 5.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2280 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 19:9 20:9
PPI 444 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 450 nits 3300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 80.1% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.5% 98.1%
PWM 367 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 2.4 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 10 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
Pixel 4
5.7″ (19:9 ratio) = 12.6 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel 4
439 nits
Pixel 10 Pro +436%
2353 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 147.1 mm (5.79 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 68.8 mm (2.71 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 207 g (7.3 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Orange White, Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.67/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 4
80.1%
Pixel 10 Pro +9%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 10 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Google Tensor G5
Max clock 2840 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 5 + 2)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)		 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 2 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 7 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 640 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 768 768
GPU clock 585 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~898.5 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel 4
938
Pixel 10 Pro +144%
2285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel 4
2628
Pixel 10 Pro +136%
6201
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 4
n/a
Pixel 10 Pro
12809
Compute Score (GPU) - 12809
Single-core score 938 2285
Multi-core score 2628 6201
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel 4
862803
Pixel 10 Pro +78%
1536042
CPU 328636 723048
GPU 142561 180786
Memory 143710 253221
UX 247896 378987
Total score 862803 1536042
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 96%
Graphics test - 7 FPS
Graphics score - 1012
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 80% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 868 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Pixel 4
10742
Pixel 10 Pro +42%
15238
Web score 8046 17364
Video editing 6483 7207
Photo editing 24363 24668
Data manipulation 8951 13902
Writing score 12805 20520
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 4
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 (ultracoretechnologybybkve)AnTuTu 11862803
📘 2024-07-09 (AZEN-SGG)Geekbench 6 CPU789 / 2349
📘 2024-03-01 (lol)Geekbench 6 CPU938 / 2628
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Google Pixel 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-22 -> PixeluserAnTuTu 111536042
📘 2026-07-11 (anglezz)AnTuTu 111631729
📘 2025-09-26 (Sherik)AnTuTu 111467600
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM - Stock Android
OS size 9.55 GB 24 GB
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 2800 mAh 4870 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (11 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (45% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 1:40 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:06 hr 11:03 hr
Watching video 08:59 hr 17:16 hr
Gaming 03:32 hr 04:52 hr
Standby 68 hr 78 hr
General battery life
Pixel 4
13:56 hr
Pixel 10 Pro +64%
22:50 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12.2 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12.2 MP
2) Telephoto: 16 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12.2 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 28 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX363 Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 16 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 45 mm 113 mm
Sensor Sony IMX481 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/1.7
Sensor - Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 4 from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 17 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX858
Sensor size - 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) Yes No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 116 -
Video 136 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- 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 5 6.0
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 18 -
5G support No Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pixel 4
85.6 dB
Pixel 10 Pro +4%
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2019 August 2025
Release date November 2019 August 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $999
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro -
SAR (head) 1.19 W/kg -
SAR (body) 1.39 W/kg -
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor		 - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger - 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

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Google Pixel 10 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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