Google Pixel 5 vs Pixel 10 Pro
50
out of 100
VS
79
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6-inch Google Pixel 5 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G) that was released on September 30, 2020, against the Google Pixel 10 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 and came out 4 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 5
- Weighs 56 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 235% higher peak brightness (2355 against 702 nits)
- 2.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1536K versus 622K)
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Shows 12% longer battery life (22:50 vs 20:28 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
- More energy-efficient CPU – Tensor G5
- Comes with 790 mAh larger battery capacity: 4870 vs 4080 mAh
- The phone is 4 years and 11 months newer
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2340 pixels | 1280 x 2856 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 432 ppi | 495 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 3300 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 2200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 6 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 86.8% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 97.4% | 98.1% |
| PWM | 367 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 10 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
Pixel 5
6″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 13.7 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 144.7 mm (5.7 inches) | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 70.4 mm (2.77 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 151 g (5.33 oz) | 207 g (7.3 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | White, Black, Gray, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | - | Good (3.67/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G | Google Tensor G5 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 1 + 6) | 8 (1 + 5 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55) - 1 core at 2.2 GHz: Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76) - 1 core at 2.4 GHz: Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76) |
- 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 | - | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 696 | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 620 | PowerVR DXT-48-1536 |
| GPU shading units | 384 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 750 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~480 GFLOPS | ~1689.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 12809 |
| Single-core score | 765 | 2285 |
| Multi-core score | 1944 | 6201 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 247674 | 723048 |
| GPU | 68842 | 180786 |
| Memory | 129273 | 253221 |
| UX | 176731 | 378987 |
| Total score | 622520 | 1536042 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 96% |
| Graphics test | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1012 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 17364 |
| Video editing | - | 7207 |
| Photo editing | - | 24668 |
| Data manipulation | - | 13902 |
| Writing score | - | 20520 |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-23 (Guitar91) | AnTuTu 11 | 622520 |
| 📘 2025-11-22 (Artreg) | AnTuTu 11 | 566323 |
Google Pixel 10 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-22 -> Pixeluser | AnTuTu 11 | 1536042 |
| 📘 2026-07-11 (anglezz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1631729 |
| 📘 2025-09-26 (Sherik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1467600 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) | Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | Stock Android | Stock Android |
| OS size | 16.6 GB | 24 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4080 mAh | 4870 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (12 W) | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (30% in 30 min) | Yes (45% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | 1:40 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:33 hr | 11:03 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 17:16 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 04:52 hr |
| Standby | 98 hr | 78 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12.2 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4290 x 2800 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 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 | 107° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12.2 MP 2) Ultrawide: 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 |
| Image resolution | 12.2 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 27 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 |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 113 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX481 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | - |
| Preview | 58 | - |
| Zoom | 71 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 5 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 | 24 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 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) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 117 | - |
| Video | 142 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 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 |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 15 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2020 | August 2025 |
| Release date | October 2020 | August 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $700 | $999 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 Pro | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.96 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.39 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- 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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