Google Pixel 8 Pro vs Pixel 7 Pro

72 out of 100
Google Pixel 8 Pro
VS
66 out of 100
Google Pixel 7 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 8 Pro (with Google Tensor G3) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Google Pixel 7 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 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 8 Pro
  • Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (1606 against 1099 nits)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 22% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1367K versus 1122K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
  • 21% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1765 and 1462 points

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 7 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
70.1
(Good)
Value Index
30.9
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED AMOLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1344 x 2992 pixels 1440 x 3120 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 489 ppi 512 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2400 nits 550 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1500 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 Gorilla Glass Victus
Screen-to-body ratio 87.1% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 97%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1606 nits
1099 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 162.9 mm (6.41 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 76.6 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 212 g (7.48 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue White, Black, Gray
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Screen-to-body ratio
87.1%
88.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Google Pixel 7 Pro
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G3 Google Tensor G2
Max clock 3000 MHz 2850 MHz
CPU cores 9 (1 + 4 + 4) 8 (2 + 2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G715s MC10 Mali-G710 MC10
GPU shading units 896 448
GPU clock 890 MHz 848 MHz
FLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Google Pixel 7 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1765
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4297
Compute Score (GPU)
6573
Compute Score (GPU) 6573 5079
Single-core score 1765 1462
Multi-core score 4297 3866
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1367231
1122581
CPU 468427 381695
GPU 384941 267518
Memory 182041 156286
UX 331822 317082
Total score 1367231 1122581
Samples [14 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
982
Stability 74% 74%
Graphics test 7 FPS 5 FPS
Graphics score 982 702
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 75% 77%
Graphics test - 10 FPS
Graphics score - 1821
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 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu 111338293
📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu 111367231
📘 2026-04-13 -> SpaikleonowAnTuTu 111482218
📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal)AnTuTu 111328640
📘 2026-02-16 (...)AnTuTu 111471077
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

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM Stock Android Stock Android
OS size 14 GB 14 GB
OS updates 7 years 5 years
Security updates 7 years 5 years

Battery

Capacity 5050 mAh 5000 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (23 W) Yes (23 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (53% in 30 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:23 hr 1:49 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:23 hr 07:06 hr
Watching video 12:10 hr 12:49 hr
Gaming 04:58 hr 04:48 hr
Standby 87 hr 83 hr
General battery life
19:29 hr
18:28 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8192 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
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° 126°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.9
Focal length 25 mm 25 mm
Sensor Samsung GNV Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/3.5
Focal length 113 mm 120 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM5 Samsung S5KGM1
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 0.8 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Sensor - Sony IMX381
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.25 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
155
Video quality
149
Generic main camera score
153
Bokeh 65 70
Preview 75 74
Zoom 152 143
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10.5 megapixels 10.8 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 21 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No
DxOMark front camera
145
Photo 143 140
Video 149 146

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) 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 5.3 5.2
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes -
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
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
89.4 dB
88.4 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 October 2022
Release date October 2023 October 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $899
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro - Google Pixel 10 Pro
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
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
    - The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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