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Google Pixel 7 Pro vs Pixel 6a

66 out of 100
Google Pixel 7 Pro
VS
56 out of 100
Google Pixel 6a
Google Pixel 7 Pro
Google Pixel 6a

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 7 Pro (with Google Tensor G2) that was released on October 6, 2022, against the Google Pixel 6a, which is powered by Google Tensor and came out 5 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory
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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 7 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
  • Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 23W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 11% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1122K versus 1015K)
  • Delivers 25% higher peak brightness (1080 against 867 nits)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 19% higher pixel density (512 vs 429 PPI)
  • Thinner bezels – 6.1% more screen real estate
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 6a
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (20:44 vs 18:28 hours)
  • Weighs 34 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Pixel 6a 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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Currency
8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
30.9
(Mediocre)
Value Index
64.4
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 7 Pro
vs
Pixel 6a

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.1 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1080 x 2400 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 512 ppi 429 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) No
Max rated brightness 550 nits 500 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1500 nits 1100 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 88.3% 82.2%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97% 96.9%
PWM 240 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 4 ms 3 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 7 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 6a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~22% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel 7 Pro +25%
1080 nits
Pixel 6a
867 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 152.2 mm (5.99 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 71.8 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 178 g (6.28 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray White, Black, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 7 Pro +7%
88.3%
Pixel 6a
82.2%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Google Pixel 6a
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G2 Google Tensor
Max clock 2850 MHz 2800 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (2 + 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 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 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Mali-G710 MC10 Mali-G78 MP20
GPU shading units 448 640
GPU clock 848 MHz 850 MHz
FLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS ~1085.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Google Pixel 6a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel 7 Pro
1462
Pixel 6a +2%
1487
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel 7 Pro +6%
3866
Pixel 6a
3664
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 7 Pro
5079
Pixel 6a +88%
9543
Compute Score (GPU) 5079 9543
Single-core score 1462 1487
Multi-core score 3866 3664
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel 7 Pro +11%
1122581
Pixel 6a
1015493
CPU 381695 425227
GPU 267518 126878
Memory 156286 171601
UX 317082 291787
Total score 1122581 1015493
Samples [14 tests] [20 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 74% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 702 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Pixel 7 Pro
1821
Pixel 6a +2%
1854
Stability 77% 57%
Graphics test 10 FPS 11 FPS
Graphics score 1821 1854
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Pixel 7 Pro +14%
11920
Pixel 6a
10455
Web score 9424 7105
Video editing 6870 5884
Photo editing 19507 19072
Data manipulation 12051 10310
Writing score 15852 15550
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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
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Google Pixel 6a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 -> Islom_1180AnTuTu 121235821
📘 2026-08-19 (duwi)AnTuTu 11774697
📘 2026-07-29 (Mimo)AnTuTu 111117985
📘 2026-07-28 (Hypermini)AnTuTu 111015541
📘 2026-07-27 (Ash)AnTuTu 11978066
Add View all (45)

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 No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM Stock Android Stock Android
OS size 14 GB 14.3 GB
OS updates 5 years 5 years
Security updates 5 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4410 mAh
Max charge power 23 W 18 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (23 W) No
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No -
Fast charging Yes (46% in 30 min) Yes (42% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:49 hr 1:51 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:06 hr 08:25 hr
Watching video 12:49 hr 14:20 hr
Gaming 04:48 hr 05:34 hr
Standby 83 hr 89 hr
General battery life
Pixel 7 Pro
18:28 hr
Pixel 6a +12%
20:44 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12.2 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 5x Digital
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° 114°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12.2 MP
2) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 12.2 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.7
Focal length 25 mm 27 mm
Sensor Samsung GN1 Sony IMX363
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.4 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP -
Aperture f/3.5 -
Focal length 120 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KGM1 -
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) -
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 17 mm
Sensor Sony IMX381 Sony IMX386
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 1.25 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Pixel 7 Pro +11%
148
Pixel 6a
133
Video quality
Pixel 7 Pro +13%
143
Pixel 6a
126
Generic main camera score
Pixel 7 Pro +20%
147
Pixel 6a
122
Bokeh 70 65
Preview 74 67
Zoom 143 74
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 6a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10.8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 3840 x 2160
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.0
Focal length 21 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Sony IMX355
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/2.8" (≈ 0.36 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
Photo 140 -
Video 146 -

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 LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
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 20
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 7 Pro +1%
88.4 dB
Pixel 6a
87.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced October 2022 May 2022
Release date October 2022 June 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $449
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.31 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 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 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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Total votes: 120

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