Realme GT 8 Pro vs Google Pixel 11 Pro
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.79-inch Realme GT 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on October 21, 2025, against the Google Pixel 11 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G6 and came out 10 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
Reasons to consider the Realme GT 8 Pro
- 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4024K versus 1925K)
- Comes with 2150 mAh larger battery capacity: 7000 vs 4850 mAh
- Shows 45% longer battery life (37:13 vs 25:44 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate β 144 Hz
- Supports higher wattage charging (120W versus 30W)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Has a 0.49 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 23% higher peak brightness (4016 against 3260 nits)
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 11 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- The phone is 10 months newer
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 | OLED |
| Size | 6.79 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3136 pixels | 1280 x 2856 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 508 ppi | 497 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 144 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 3600 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 7000 nits | 2400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | 60-120 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91% | 87.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Screen space comparison
GT 8 Pro
6.79β³ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.5 in2
Pixel 11 Pro
6.3β³ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.8 mm (6.37 inches) | 152.7 mm (6.01 inches) |
| Width | 76.87 mm (3.03 inches) | 71.9 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.4 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 214 g (7.55 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Blue, Green | Black, Blue, Green, Orange |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.24/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Average (D) Β· 60 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | Google Tensor G6 |
| Max clock | 4600 MHz | 4110 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 7 (1 + 4 + 2) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance - 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime |
- 2 cores at 2.65 GHz: C1-Pro - 4 cores at 3.38 GHz: C1-Pro - 1 core at 4.11 GHz: C1-Ultra |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 840 | PowerVR CXTP-48-1536 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 1300 MHz | 1286 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3993.6 GFLOPS | ~1975.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 28004 | 6195 |
| Single-core score | 3711 | 2688 |
| Multi-core score | 11175 | 6871 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 1129296 | 873099 |
| GPU | 1516328 | 286837 |
| Memory | 465192 | 301575 |
| UX | 913920 | 464012 |
| Total score | 4024736 | 1925523 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | Less than 3 |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3001 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 57 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 49 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 42 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 12974 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 30905 | - |
| Video editing | 7273 | - |
| Photo editing | 69025 | - |
| Data manipulation | 18371 | - |
| Writing score | 43824 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#18th place)
Recent User Tests
Realme GT 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-18 (Mj.) | AnTuTu 11 | 4016269 |
| π 2026-08-03 (Gulhark) | AnTuTu 11 | 3957182 |
| π 2026-07-23 (Zergo) | AnTuTu 11 | 3898421 |
| π 2026-07-16 (Vladsmesh) | AnTuTu 11 | 4243822 |
| π 2026-05-14 (mrt) | AnTuTu 11 | 4379440 |
Google Pixel 11 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 4.0 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 16 | Android 17 |
| ROM | Realme UI 7.0 | Stock Android |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 7000 mAh | 4850 mAh |
| Max charge power | 120 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | Yes | Yes |
| Fast charging | Yes (86% in 15 min) | Yes (59% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:40 hr | 1:20 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1100 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 16:17 hr | 10:48 hr |
| Watching video | 24:49 hr | 22:07 hr |
| Gaming | 08:34 hr | 06:33 hr |
| Standby | 157 hr | 86 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (8th and 143rd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | - |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 120FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112Β° | 123Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 200 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.3" (β 0.77 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 200 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 65 mm | 106 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5KHP5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (β 0.64 inch) | 1/1.95" (β 0.51 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.5 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV50D | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.88" (β 0.35 inch) | 1/2.51" (β 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 42 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6528 x 4896 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 17 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (β 0.32 inch) | 1/2.51" (β 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 0.7 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 | Yes | No |
| 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 |
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2025 | August 2026 |
| Release date | November 2025 | August 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1099 |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 120 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 Realme GT 8 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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