Google Pixel 6 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro
67
out of 100
VS
71
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 6 Pro (with Google Tensor) that was released on October 19, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 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 6 Pro
- Comes with 1908 mAh larger battery capacity: 5003 vs 3095 mAh
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- 11% higher pixel density (512 vs 460 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Shows 27% longer battery life (23:32 vs 18:34 hours)
- 21% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1222K versus 1010K)
- Delivers 24% higher peak brightness (1066 against 862 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 66% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 1477 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3120 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 512 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (10-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 800 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.6% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.5% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 360 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 6 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~20% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.9 mm (6.45 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 210 g (7.41 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Yellow | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex A55 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex A76 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Tensor Processing Unit | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP20 | Apple GPU (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 640 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1085.4 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 21903 |
| Single-core score | 1477 | 2450 |
| Multi-core score | 3595 | 6170 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 365546 | 311650 |
| GPU | 169803 | 389528 |
| Memory | 178763 | 136036 |
| UX | 295913 | 385319 |
| Total score | 1010025 | 1222533 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 66% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 670 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3765 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 59% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1899 | 2949 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9483 | - |
| Video editing | 6934 | - |
| Photo editing | 19835 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12712 | - |
| Writing score | 16245 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 6 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-04 (nguyen van nguyen) | AnTuTu | 990021 |
| 📘 2026-05-30 (Khakan Ali) | AnTuTu | 1138804 |
| 📘 2026-03-31 (Albert Wesker) | AnTuTu | 918665 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (Ivan2010shadoy) | AnTuTu | 1111076 |
| 📘 2026-03-03 (IntimboyK) | AnTuTu | 934550 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | GeekBench GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | GeekBench CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu | 1222533 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (Mental Vikash) | AnTuTu | 1200314 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 14 GB | 15.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5003 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (23 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:59 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:56 hr | 09:39 hr |
| Watching video | 10:55 hr | 15:16 hr |
| Gaming | 04:56 hr | 05:20 hr |
| Standby | 94 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 4x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual 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 | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN1 | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.5 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 104 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX586 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX386 | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.25 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | - | 119 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 6 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 11.1 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3840 x 2880 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 143 | 128 |
| Video | 115 | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
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 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | October 2021 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $900 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 13 Pro. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 6 Pro.
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