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OnePlus 13s vs Google Pixel 9a

83 out of 100
OnePlus 13s
VS
67 out of 100
Google Pixel 9a
OnePlus 13s
Google Pixel 9a

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 13s (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on June 5, 2025, against the Google Pixel 9a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 3 months before. 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 OnePlus 13s
  • 2.3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3013K versus 1321K)
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 23W)
  • Comes with 750 mAh larger battery capacity: 5850 vs 5100 mAh
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 6.1% more screen real estate
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9a
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13s and Google Pixel 9a 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
8 / 128 GB
45.8
(Average)
Value Index
62.3
(Average)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13s
vs
Pixel 9a

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.54:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1600 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4500 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Screen-to-body ratio 90.6% 84.5%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.2%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13s
n/a
Pixel 9a
1942 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.8 mm (5.94 inches) 154.7 mm (6.09 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 73.3 mm (2.89 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 8.9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 186 g (6.56 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Green, Pink White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.53/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13s +7%
90.6%
Pixel 9a
84.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13s and Google Pixel 9a
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Google Tensor G4
Max clock 4320 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13s and Google Pixel 9a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13s +67%
2802
Pixel 9a
1677
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13s +117%
8830
Pixel 9a
4067
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13s +219%
24802
Pixel 9a
7784
Compute Score (GPU) 24802 7784
Single-core score 2802 1677
Multi-core score 8830 4067
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13s +128%
3013469
Pixel 9a
1321069
CPU 868542 445318
GPU 1107935 410687
Memory 370216 175537
UX 666776 289527
Total score 3013469 1321069
Samples [6 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13s +123%
2366
Pixel 9a
1060
Stability 80% 81%
Graphics test 18 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2366 1060
3DMark Solar Bay
OnePlus 13s
10993
Pixel 9a
n/a
Graphics test 42 FPS -
Section 1 48 FPS -
Section 2 42 FPS -
Section 3 36 FPS -
Graphics score 10993 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13s +19%
15357
Pixel 9a
12890
Web score 15017 10570
Video editing 6717 7547
Photo editing 27420 21264
Data manipulation 13670 12988
Writing score 23240 16308
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#110th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13s
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-24 (Vasy1163)AnTuTu 112915150
📘 2026-08-19 (Dhruv)Geekbench 6 GPU25056
📘 2026-07-28 (Vanskyver)Battery lifeSOT 4:42 / 20:00
📘 2026-07-15 (Hamza)AnTuTu 113013469
📘 2026-03-04 (Jaini)Geekbench 6 GPU24802
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Google Pixel 9a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-21 (Leif)AnTuTu 111590049
📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap)AnTuTu 111182042
📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo)AnTuTu 11943849
📘 2026-01-03 (Joy)AnTuTu 111487240
📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD)AnTuTu 111507185
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 4.0 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM OxygenOS 16 Stock Android
OS size - 14 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5850 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 23 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes No
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (75% in 30 min) Yes (47% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 1:41 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 08:20 hr
Watching video - 12:40 hr
Gaming - 06:06 hr
Standby - 91 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13s
n/a
Pixel 9a
20:15 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
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 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700 Samsung GN8
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.8 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP -
Aperture f/2.0 -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 -
Sensor size 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) -
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 13 MP
Aperture - f/2.2
Focal length - 16 mm
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 - 145
Zoom - 99
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2. f/2.2
Focal length 21 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) 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 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 6.0 5.3
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 Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes 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
OnePlus 13s
n/a
Pixel 9a
88.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Mid-range
Announced June 2025 March 2025
Release date June 2025 April 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $499
Successor - - Google Pixel 10a
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.39 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint		 - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 W 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 OnePlus 13s is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
8 (88.9%)
1 (11.1%)
Total votes: 9

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