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Google Pixel 6 vs Fairphone 5

60 out of 100
Google Pixel 6
VS
54 out of 100
Fairphone 5
Google Pixel 6
Fairphone 5

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.4-inch Google Pixel 6 (with Google Tensor) that was released on October 19, 2021, against the Fairphone 5, which is powered by Qualcomm QCM6490 and came out 1 year 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 6
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 21W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
  • 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (990K versus 736K)
  • Delivers 10% higher peak brightness (845 against 766 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Reverse charging feature
  • 28% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1438 and 1121 points
Reasons to consider the Fairphone 5
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • 12% higher pixel density (459 vs 411 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 11 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 6 and Fairphone 5 crucial features
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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
160.3
(Excellent)
Value Index
18.3
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 6
vs
Fairphone 5

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.4 inches 6.46 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1224 x 2700 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 411 ppi 459 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 90 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 500 nits 880 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 800 nits -
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ No
Touch sampling rate - 300 Hz
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Screen-to-body ratio 83.3% 82.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 99.8%
PWM 397 Hz 90 Hz
Response time 5 ms 6 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel 6 +10%
845 nits
Fairphone 5
766 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.6 mm (6.24 inches) 161.6 mm (6.36 inches)
Width 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) 75.83 mm (2.99 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 9.6 mm (0.38 inches)
Weight 207 g (7.3 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP55
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Plastic
Colors Black, Blue, Yellow Black, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-button
Repairability - Excellent (4.37/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 300 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 6 +1%
83.3%
Fairphone 5
82.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 6 and Fairphone 5
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor Qualcomm QCM6490
Max clock 2800 MHz 2700 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 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		 -
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung -
Lithography process 5 nanometers -
Neural processor (NPU) Tensor Processing Unit -
GPU
Graphics Mali-G78 MP20 Adreno 642L
GPU shading units 640 -
GPU clock 850 MHz -
FLOPS ~1085.4 GFLOPS -

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 6 and Fairphone 5
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel 6 +28%
1438
Fairphone 5
1121
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel 6 +13%
3372
Fairphone 5
2990
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 6
7318
Fairphone 5
n/a
Compute Score (GPU) 7318 -
Single-core score 1438 1121
Multi-core score 3372 2990
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel 6 +34%
990213
Fairphone 5
736307
CPU 381525 256966
GPU 162416 154721
Memory 178605 104511
UX 267677 220109
Total score 990213 736307
Samples [11 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Pixel 6 +131%
704
Fairphone 5
305
Stability 63% 99%
Graphics test 5 FPS 2 FPS
Graphics score 704 305
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Pixel 6
1907
Fairphone 5
n/a
Stability 60% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Graphics score 1907 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Pixel 6 +10%
10273
Fairphone 5
9363
Web score 7877 7145
Video editing 6652 5798
Photo editing 18508 18366
Data manipulation 10427 8463
Writing score 13858 11497
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 6
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-13 (Vladi♂️Slave♂️)AnTuTu 121281085
📘 2026-08-17 -> Paranoid _AntostAnTuTu 11930801
📘 2026-04-05 (Ethan Winters)AnTuTu 11927237
📘 2026-02-25 (Adora)AnTuTu 11933576
📘 2026-01-29 (Stormchasing)AnTuTu 11990213
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Fairphone 5
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No MicroSD
Memory card max size - Up to 2048 GB

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 14)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 17.6 GB 30 GB
OS updates - 8 years

Battery

Capacity 4614 mAh 4200 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No Yes
Wireless charging Yes (21 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Fast charging Yes (41% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 20 min)
Full charging time 1:53 hr 1:05 hr
Battery cycles - 1300 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 06:03 hr
Watching video 13:13 hr 10:08 hr
Gaming 05:02 hr 04:16 hr
Standby 85 hr 117 hr
General battery life
Pixel 6
18:55 hr
Fairphone 5 +3%
19:25 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 114° -
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 50 MP
3) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm -
Sensor Samsung GN1 Sony IMX800
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.49" (≈ 0.67 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 17 mm -
Sensor Sony IMX386 Exmor RS Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Pixel 6 +18%
136
Fairphone 5
115
Video quality
Pixel 6 +28%
133
Fairphone 5
104
Generic main camera score
Pixel 6 +17%
126
Fairphone 5
108
Bokeh 65 45
Preview 65 64
Zoom 79 79
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 6 from DxOMark Photo samples of Fairphone 5 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 3840 x 2160 8192 x 6144
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.45
Focal length 24 mm -
Sensor CMOS Samsung JN1
Sensor size - 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 130 -
Video 127 -

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.2
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.0
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
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 No
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pixel 6
86.3 dB
Fairphone 5 +1%
87.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2021 August 2023
Release date October 2021 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $600 $699
Successor - Google Pixel 10 -
SAR (head) - 0.4 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.847 W/kg
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Not included 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 6 is definitely a better buy.

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