Nothing Phone (3) vs Google Pixel 10 Pro

80 out of 100
Nothing Phone (3)
VS
80 out of 100
Google Pixel 10 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Nothing Phone (3) (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on July 2, 2025, against the Google Pixel 10 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G5 and came out 2 months after. 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 Nothing Phone (3)
  • 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2371K versus 1536K)
  • Has a 0.37 inch larger screen size
  • Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 30W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10 Pro
  • Delivers 56% higher peak brightness (2360 against 1508 nits)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2285 and 2117 points

Review

Evaluation of Nothing Phone (3) and Google Pixel 10 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 128 GB
65.6
(Good)
Value Index
53.2
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2800 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 3300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 2200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 7i Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 88.5% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 95.5% 98.1%
PWM 90 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 4 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
Phone (3)
6.67β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 16.6 in2
Pixel 10 Pro
6.3β€³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~12% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
1508 nits
2360 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 160.6 mm (6.32 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 75.59 mm (2.98 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.99 mm (0.35 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 218 g (7.69 oz) 207 g (7.3 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black White, Black, Gray, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability Good (3.34/5) Good (3.67/5)
Drop resistance Good (C) Β· 90 drops Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
Phone (3) +2%
88.5%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Nothing Phone (3) and Google Pixel 10 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Google Tensor G5
Max clock 3210 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) 8 (1 + 5 + 2)
Architecture - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4
- 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 5 cores at 3.05 GHz: Cortex-A725
- 1 core at 3.78 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 825 PowerVR DXT-48-1536
GPU shading units 1024 768
GPU clock 1150 MHz 1100 MHz
FLOPS ~2355.2 GFLOPS ~1689.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Nothing Phone (3) and Google Pixel 10 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2117
2285
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Phone (3) +10%
6798
Compute Score (GPU)
Phone (3) +46%
18674
12809
Compute Score (GPU) 18674 12809
Single-core score 2117 2285
Multi-core score 6798 6201
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Phone (3) +54%
2371693
1536042
CPU 707936 723048
GPU 802873 180786
Memory 376970 253221
UX 483914 378987
Total score 2371693 1536042
Samples [9 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Phone (3) +73%
1749
Stability 61% 96%
Graphics test 13 FPS 7 FPS
Graphics score 1749 1012
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 30 FPS -
Section 1 34 FPS -
Section 2 31 FPS -
Section 3 25 FPS -
Graphics score 7966 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
14328
15238
Web score 13254 17364
Video editing 6510 7207
Photo editing 27186 24668
Data manipulation 13887 13902
Writing score 19394 20520
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#166th place)

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nothing Phone (3)
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-15 (Leo)AnTuTu2371693
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-10 (Sumit Pandit)AnTuTu2392977
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-14 (Michael)AnTuTu2428616
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-01 (TheFunder)AnTuTu2270521
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-24 (Ankeezay)CPU Throttle70%
Google Pixel 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 -> PixeluserAnTuTu1536042
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-11 (anglezz)AnTuTu1631729
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-26 (Sherik)AnTuTu1467600

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 4800 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 4.0
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM Nothing OS 4.0 Stock Android
OS size 26 GB 24 GB
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5150 mAh 4870 mAh
Max charge power 65 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (15 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (63% in 30 min) Yes (45% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:00 hr 1:40 hr
Battery cycles 1400 cycles 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:36 hr 11:03 hr
Watching video 13:19 hr 17:16 hr
Gaming 05:45 hr 04:52 hr
Standby 117 hr 78 hr
General battery life
22:56 hr
22:50 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 5x
Flash LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
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 114Β° 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV50H Samsung GNV
Sensor size 1/1.3" (β‰ˆ 0.77 inch) 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.7 f/2.8
Focal length - 113 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.75" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 17 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.64 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
Phone (3) +4%
93.2 dB
89.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced July 2025 August 2025
Release date July 2025 August 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $799 $999
Sensors - 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 Phone (3):
    - The Indian model has a 5500 mAh battery, compared to 5150 mAh in the international one, (including the U.S. version).
Notes on Pixel 10 Pro:
    - Supports Bypass Charge.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the performance and gaming are more important to you, then choose the Nothing Phone (3). But if the camera is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 10 Pro.

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