Google Pixel 7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 7 Pro (with Google Tensor G2) that was released on October 6, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
  • Comes with 1905 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 3095 mAh
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 11% higher pixel density (512 vs 460 PPI)
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
  • Shows 27% longer battery life (23:32 vs 18:28 hours)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 68% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2450 and 1462 points
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 5.1 mm narrower

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro 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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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
30.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
29.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED 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 550 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1500 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 88.3% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space 97% 99.8%
PWM 240 Hz 510 Hz
Response time 4 ms 4.8 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 7 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)
1095 nits
1073 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 146.7 mm (5.78 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 71.5 mm (2.81 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 204 g (7.2 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G2 Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2850 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 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) Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G710 MC10 Apple GPU (5 cores)
GPU shading units 448 640
GPU clock 848 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 13 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2450
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
6170
Compute Score (GPU)
21903
Compute Score (GPU) 5079 21903
Single-core score 1462 2450
Multi-core score 3866 6170
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1122581
1222533
CPU 381695 311650
GPU 267518 389528
Memory 156286 136036
UX 317082 385319
Total score 1122581 1222533
Samples [14 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 74% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 702 -
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
2949
Stability 77% 70%
Graphics test 10 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1821 2949
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9424 -
Video editing 6870 -
Photo editing 19507 -
Data manipulation 12051 -
Writing score 15852 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333)AnTuTu 111253847
📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan)AnTuTu 111252895
📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon)AnTuTu 111041828
📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSSAnTuTu 111285265
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-07 (Hoz4ik)AnTuTu 111127460
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 GPU21903
📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_)Geekbench 6 CPU2475 / 6154
📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj)AnTuTu 111322345
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi)AnTuTu 111222533

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 14 GB 15.2 GB
OS updates 5 years -
Security updates 5 years -

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 3095 mAh
Max charge power 23 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (23 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (46% in 30 min) Yes (60% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:49 hr 1:38 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:06 hr 09:39 hr
Watching video 12:49 hr 15:16 hr
Gaming 04:48 hr 05:20 hr
Standby 83 hr 107 hr
General battery life
18:28 hr
23:32 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 5x 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 126° 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.5
Focal length 25 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
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/3.5 f/2.8
Focal length 120 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX381 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 70 75
Preview 74 81
Zoom 143 119
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10.8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 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 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo 140 128
Video 146 143

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 LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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 Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2022 September 2021
Release date October 2022 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $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 7 Pro.

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