Google Pixel 8 vs Apple iPhone 8
70
out of 100
VS
41
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Google Pixel 8 (with Google Tensor G3) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 8, which is powered by Apple A11 Bionic and came out 6 years 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 8
- Has 4x more RAM: 8GB versus 2GB
- Comes with 2754 mAh larger battery capacity: 4575 vs 1821 mAh
- 2.8x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1443K versus 520K)
- Thinner bezels – 21.8% more screen real estate
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 1.5 inches larger screen size
- Delivers 126% higher peak brightness (1457 against 644 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Shows 21% longer battery life (19:39 vs 16:16 hours)
- 31% higher pixel density (428 vs 326 PPI)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 8
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 39 grams less
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 | 6.2 inches | 4.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 750 x 1334 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 16:9 |
| PPI | 428 ppi | 326 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1400 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | No |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Tempered glass |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 65.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- |
| RGB color space | 99.2% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 170 Hz | Not detected |
| Response time | 3 ms | 22 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | 1373:1 |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 8
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
iPhone 8
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~52% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 150.5 mm (5.93 inches) | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) |
| Width | 70.8 mm (2.79 inches) | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 148 g (5.22 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Rose gold | Silver, Gold, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-button |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G3 | Apple A11 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 2100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 9 (1 + 4 + 4) | 6 (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 1.42 GHz: Mistral - 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G715s MC10 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 192 |
| GPU clock | 890 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS | ~409.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 5630 |
| Single-core score | 1722 | 1093 |
| Multi-core score | 4458 | 1828 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 535125 | 249127 |
| GPU | 387735 | - |
| Memory | 186665 | 102335 |
| UX | 333906 | 169105 |
| Total score | 1443431 | 520567 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 971 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik) | AnTuTu | 1515235 |
| 📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch) | AnTuTu | 1515235 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (reazz) | AnTuTu | 1356451 |
| 📘 2026-04-29 -> tonymenny | AnTuTu | 1446448 |
| 📘 2026-03-16 (Quan) | AnTuTu | 1479583 |
Apple iPhone 8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | GeekBench GPU | 5630 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | GeekBench CPU | 1093 / 1828 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 11 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 14 GB | 6 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 4575 mAh | 1821 mAh |
| Max charge power | 27 W | 15 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (18 W) | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | - |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:16 hr | 1:15 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:08 hr | 06:14 hr |
| Watching video | 14:06 hr | 09:59 hr |
| Gaming | 04:49 hr | 03:40 hr |
| Standby | 81 hr | 81 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 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 | 126° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 28 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GNV | Apple iSight Camera |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX386 Exmor RS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.25 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 64 | - |
| Zoom | 129 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 8 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10.5 megapixels | 7 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 3088 x 2320 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 32 mm |
| Sensor | - | BSI CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | No |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 16 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
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 2023 | September 2017 |
| Release date | October 2023 | September 2017 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $699 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 | - |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.35 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.36 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 | - |
*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 is definitely a better buy.
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