Google Pixel 4 XL vs Apple iPhone XR
50
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48
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Google Pixel 4 XL (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on October 15, 2019, against the Apple iPhone XR, which is powered by Apple A12 Bionic and came out 1 year and 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 4 XL
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- 65% higher pixel density (537 vs 326 PPI)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Comes with 758 mAh larger battery capacity: 3700 vs 2942 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 6GB versus 3GB
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone XR
- Shows 27% longer battery life (20:45 vs 16:18 hours)
- Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (645 against 559 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 30% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1167 and 896 points
Review
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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.3 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3040 pixels | 828 x 1792 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 537 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 450 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 82.2% | 79.9% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 100% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 3.4 ms | 32.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1920:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 4 XL
6.3″ (19:9 ratio) = 15.4 in2
iPhone XR
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 160.4 mm (6.31 inches) | 150.9 mm (5.94 inches) |
| Width | 75.1 mm (2.96 inches) | 75.7 mm (2.98 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 193 g (6.81 oz) | 194 g (6.84 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Orange | White, Black, Blue, Red, Orange, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 | Apple A12 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2840 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| 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) |
- 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Tempest - 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 640 | Apple A12 Bionic GPU |
| GPU shading units | 768 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 585 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~898.5 GFLOPS | ~576 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Single-core score | 896 | 1167 |
| Multi-core score | 2791 | 3020 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 292585 | 274052 |
| GPU | 164378 | - |
| Memory | 103932 | 119287 |
| UX | 214852 | 369464 |
| Total score | 775747 | 762903 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 81% | 68% |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 866 | 1294 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7622 | - |
| Video editing | 6652 | - |
| Photo editing | 25701 | - |
| Data manipulation | 9022 | - |
| Writing score | 13247 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 4 XL
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-02-12 (Jinx) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 896 / 2791 |
Apple iPhone XR
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-02 (sp_ayz1) | AnTuTu 11 | 762903 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 3 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 12 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.7) |
| OS size | 13 GB | 11.1 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3700 mAh | 2942 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (11 W) | Yes, Qi (10 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (45% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:20 hr | 1:43 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:06 hr | 08:01 hr |
| Watching video | 09:35 hr | 11:59 hr |
| Gaming | 04:10 hr | 04:34 hr |
| Standby | 83 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12.2 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | Quad 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° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12.2 MP 2) Telephoto: 16 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12.2 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX363 | Apple iSight X |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 45 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX481 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 3088 x 2316 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 32 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX520 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | SPP, PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HID, HFP, HDP, GAP, GAVDP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2019 | September 2018 |
| Release date | November 2019 | October 2018 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $750 |
| Successor | - | - Apple iPhone 11 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 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 - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 18 W | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 4 XL. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone XR.
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