Google Pixel 7a vs Apple iPhone SE (2022)
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Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.1-inch Google Pixel 7a (with Google Tensor G2) that was released on May 10, 2023, against the Apple iPhone SE (2022), which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 2 months 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 7a
- Comes with 2367 mAh larger battery capacity: 4385 vs 2018 mAh
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Thinner bezels – 15.8% more screen real estate
- Delivers 66% higher peak brightness (1066 against 642 nits)
- 32% higher pixel density (431 vs 326 PPI)
- Shows 9% longer battery life (19:16 vs 17:41 hours)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- OLED display (versus competitor's IPS LCD)
- The phone is 1 year and 2 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone SE (2022)
- 19% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1346K versus 1126K)
- 67% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2404 and 1438 points
- Weighs 49.5 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.6 mm narrower
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 | IPS LCD |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 4.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 750 x 1334 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 16:9 |
| PPI | 431 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 700 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1300 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.1% | 65.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.4% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 218 Hz | - |
| Response time | 2 ms | 38 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1655:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 7a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
iPhone SE (2022)
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~47% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152 mm (5.98 inches) | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) |
| Width | 72.9 mm (2.87 inches) | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) |
| Thickness | 9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 193.5 g (6.83 oz) | 144 g (5.08 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP67 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Blue, Orange | White, Black, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G2 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2850 MHz | 3223 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 |
| Graphics | Mali-G710 MP7 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 448 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 848 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 4715 | 17777 |
| Single-core score | 1438 | 2404 |
| Multi-core score | 3681 | 6040 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 366416 | 396583 |
| GPU | 272602 | 363070 |
| Memory | 188205 | 162337 |
| UX | 299297 | 424045 |
| Total score | 1126520 | 1346035 |
| Samples | [13 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 78% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 702 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 11 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2969 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 70% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1787 | 2387 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7510 | - |
| Video editing | 5847 | - |
| Photo editing | 19105 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10565 | - |
| Writing score | 15064 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 7a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-02 -> nanamond | AnTuTu 11 | 1196742 |
| 📘 2026-08-06 -> shu- | AnTuTu 11 | 1126520 |
| 📘 2026-08-05 (shu-) | AnTuTu 11 | 1126520 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (XHV150) | AnTuTu 11 | 1271269 |
| 📘 2026-07-12 (klaut) | AnTuTu 11 | 1004338 |
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1336740 |
| 📘 2026-06-19 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1375075 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2404 / 6040 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1362289 |
| 📘 2026-03-13 (Mistral) | AnTuTu 11 | 1342610 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 15.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | - | 12 GB |
| OS updates | 5 years | - |
| Security updates | 5 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4385 mAh | 2018 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (7.5 W) | Yes |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (20% in 36 min) | Yes (61% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:57 hr | 1:18 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:24 hr | 07:07 hr |
| Watching video | 13:40 hr | 10:31 hr |
| Gaming | 05:06 hr | 03:43 hr |
| Standby | 76 hr | 87 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 64 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9000 x 7000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad 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 | 120° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX787 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.73" (≈ 0.58 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX712 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 50 |
| Preview | 69 | 71 |
| Zoom | 105 | 29 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 7a from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone SE (2022) from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 3088 x 2320 |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 136 | - |
| Video | 146 | - |
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 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| 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, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | 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 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | May 2023 | March 2022 |
| Release date | May 2023 | March 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $429 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10a | - Apple iPhone 16e |
| 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 7a is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 77