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Google Pixel 4 vs Pixel 11

48 out of 100
Google Pixel 4
VS
81 out of 100
Google Pixel 11
Google Pixel 4
Google Pixel 11

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 11, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 6 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
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • Weighs 35 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11
  • Delivers 386% higher peak brightness (2130 against 438 nits)
  • Comes with 2185 mAh larger battery capacity: 4985 vs 2800 mAh
  • Shows 84% longer battery life (25:41 vs 13:56 hours)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • The phone is 6 years and 11 months newer
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 13
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Tensor G6

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 4 and Pixel 11 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Pixel 4
39
Pixel 11
84*
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.
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
Pixel 4
48
Pixel 11
81*
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 97% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Google Pixel 4 to Google Pixel 11 is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: performance, battery life, and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 4
vs
Pixel 11

Display

Type POLED OLED
Size 5.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2280 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19:9 20:9
PPI 443 ppi 421 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
Max rated brightness 450 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 2000 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% -
PWM 367 Hz -
Response time 2.4 ms -
Contrast ∞ Infinity -
Screen space comparison
Pixel 11
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
438 nits
Pixel 11 +386%
2130 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

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) 8.6 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 197 g (6.95 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Orange Black, Green, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 4
80.1%
Pixel 11 +9%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 11
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Google Tensor G6
Max clock 2840 MHz 4110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 7 (1 + 4 + 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 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro
- 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro
- 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra
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 1286 MHz
FLOPS ~898.5 GFLOPS ~1975.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 4 and Google Pixel 11
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel 4
938
Pixel 11 +175%
2575
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel 4
2628
Pixel 11 +129%
6027
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 4
n/a
Pixel 11
6048
Compute Score (GPU) - 6048
Single-core score 938 2575
Multi-core score 2628 6027
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel 4
862803
Pixel 11
n/a
CPU 328636 848037
GPU 142561 271374
Memory 143710 297105
UX 247896 455981
Total score 862803 -
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Pixel 4
868
Pixel 11
n/a
Stability 80% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 868 -
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Pixel 4
10742
Pixel 11
n/a
Web score 8046 -
Video editing 6483 -
Photo editing 24363 -
Data manipulation 8951 -
Writing score 12805 -
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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 11
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 256 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 17
ROM - Stock Android
OS size 9.55 GB -
OS updates - 7 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 2800 mAh 4985 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (11 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (59% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 1:19 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 05:06 hr 10:46 hr
Watching video 08:59 hr 22:05 hr
Gaming 03:32 hr 06:38 hr
Standby 68 hr 86 hr
General battery life
Pixel 4
13:56 hr
Pixel 11 +84%
25:41 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12.2 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 -
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 5x
Flash LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
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° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 12.2 MP
2) Telephoto: 16 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12.2 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 28 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX363 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 1.4 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 16 MP 10.8 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/3.1
Focal length 45 mm 112 mm
Sensor Sony IMX481 Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.31 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 13 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Sensor - Sony IMX712
Sensor size - 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 0.32 micron
Stabilization - Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Pixel 4
117
Pixel 11 +38%
161
Video quality
Pixel 4
101
Pixel 11 +41%
142
Generic main camera score
Pixel 4
112
Pixel 11 +38%
154
Bokeh - 160
Zoom - 137
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 4 from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 11 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size - 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 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
Pixel 4
124
Pixel 11
n/a
Photo 116 -
Video 136 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
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 11
n/a

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2019 August 2026
Release date November 2019 August 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $899
Successor - Google Pixel 11 -
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
*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 11 is definitely a better buy.

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