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Google Pixel Fold vs Pixel 9 Pro Fold

63 out of 100
Google Pixel Fold
VS
71 out of 100
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google Pixel Fold
Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 7.6-inch Google Pixel Fold (with Google Tensor G2) that was released on May 10, 2023, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 year and 3 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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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 Fold
  • Better grip in hands – the body is 10.5 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
  • 63% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1401K versus 859K)
  • Delivers 69% higher peak brightness (2068 against 1225 nits)
  • Shows 18% longer battery life (19:45 vs 16:41 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Thinner bezels – 5.9% more screen real estate
  • Supports higher wattage charging (45W versus 30W)
  • The phone is 1 year and 3 months newer

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel Fold and Pixel 9 Pro Fold 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 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 256 GB
20.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
14.3
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel Fold
vs
Pixel 9 Pro Fold

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 7.6 inches 8 inches
Resolution 1840 x 2208 pixels 2076 x 2152 pixels
Aspect ratio 6:5 1:1
PPI 378 ppi 373 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1450 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 82.7% 88.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.8% 98.5%
PWM 120 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 4 ms 4 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Pixel 9 Pro Fold
8″ (1:1 ratio) = 32 in2
Pixel Fold
7.6″ (6:5 ratio) = 28.4 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel Fold
1225 nits
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +69%
2068 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 158.7 mm (6.25 inches) 155.2 mm (6.11 inches)
Width 139.7 mm (5.5 inches) 150.2 mm (5.91 inches)
Thickness 5.8 mm (0.23 inches) 5.1 mm (0.2 inches)
Weight 283 g (9.98 oz) 257 g (9.07 oz)
Waterproof IPX8 IPX8
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray White, Black
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel Fold
82.7%
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +7%
88.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel Fold and Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G2 Google Tensor G4
Max clock 2850 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 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 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit Yes
GPU
Graphics Mali-G710 MP7 Mali-G715 MC7
GPU shading units 448 896
GPU clock 848 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel Fold and Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel Fold
1501
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +36%
2048
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel Fold
3833
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +28%
4910
Single-core score 1501 2048
Multi-core score 3833 4910
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel Fold
859865
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +63%
1401321
CPU 317251 476883
GPU 124800 385522
Memory 174433 203655
UX 243381 335261
Total score 859865 1401321
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 80% 84%
Graphics test 5 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 673 1049
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Pixel Fold
11669
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +13%
13174
Web score 9317 10521
Video editing 6944 7569
Photo editing 20248 21074
Data manipulation 10994 14718
Writing score 15214 15880
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 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 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM - Stock Android
OS size 15 GB 27 GB
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 4821 mAh 4650 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 45 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (20 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No -
Fast charging Yes (50% in 31 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:32 hr 1:36 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:15 hr 08:24 hr
Watching video 10:45 hr 12:56 hr
Gaming 04:29 hr 05:05 hr
Standby 80 hr 85 hr
General battery life
Pixel Fold
16:41 hr
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +18%
19:45 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED 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 121° 127°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 10.8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 10.8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 10.5 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 25 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX787 -
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron -
Autofocus Laser autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 10.8 MP 10.8 MP
Aperture f/3.1 f/3.1
Focal length 112 mm 112 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 10.8 MP 10.5 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Sensor Sony IMX386 -
Sensor size 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.25 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 60 55
Preview 63 77
Zoom 117 124
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel Fold from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 -
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 23 mm
Sensor size - 1/3.94" (≈ 0.25 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron -
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Additional lens 9.5 MP, f/24 -
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.3
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 Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
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 -
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No -
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pixel Fold
82.5 dB
Pixel 9 Pro Fold +4%
85.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced May 2023 August 2024
Release date June 2023 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $1799 $1799
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold - Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold
Sensors - Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - 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 9 Pro Fold is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

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2 (12.5%)
14 (87.5%)
Total votes: 16

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