Google Pixel 5 vs Pixel 11
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81
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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 11, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 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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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 5
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- Weighs 46 grams less
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 207% higher peak brightness (2130 against 693 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 25% longer battery life (25:41 vs 20:28 hours)
- Comes with 905 mAh larger battery capacity: 4985 vs 4080 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- The phone is 5 years and 11 months newer
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
- More energy-efficient CPU – Tensor G6
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 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 | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 430 ppi | 421 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 2000 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% | - |
| PWM | 367 Hz | - |
| Response time | 5 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 11
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) | 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 151 g (5.33 oz) | 197 g (6.95 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Metal | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Green | Black, Green, Red, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, rear | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G | Google Tensor G6 |
| Max clock | 2400 MHz | 4110 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 1 + 6) | 7 (1 + 4 + 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 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro - 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro - 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| 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 | 1286 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~480 GFLOPS | ~1975.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 6048 |
| Single-core score | 765 | 2575 |
| Multi-core score | 1944 | 6027 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 247674 | 848037 |
| GPU | 68842 | 271374 |
| Memory | 129273 | 297105 |
| UX | 176731 | 455981 |
| Total score | 622520 | - |
| Samples | [2 tests] | Less than 3 |
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 11
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 2133 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 256 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 17 |
| ROM | Stock Android | Stock Android |
| OS size | 16.6 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4080 mAh | 4985 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (12 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (30% in 30 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:45 hr | 1:19 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:33 hr | 10:46 hr |
| Watching video | 13:33 hr | 22:05 hr |
| Gaming | 04:59 hr | 06:38 hr |
| Standby | 98 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12.2 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4290 x 2800 | - |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | 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 | 107° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12.2 MP 2) Ultrawide: 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 |
| Image resolution | 12.2 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 27 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 |
| Image resolution | - | 10.8 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/3.1 |
| Focal length | - | 112 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.31 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 16 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX481 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.32 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 160 |
| Preview | 58 | - |
| Zoom | 71 | 137 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 5 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 | 24 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 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) | 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 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 | 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 2026 |
| Release date | October 2020 | August 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $700 | $899 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 11 | - |
| 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 |
*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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