Samsung Galaxy S21 vs Google Pixel 7 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.2-inch Samsung Galaxy S21 (with Exynos 2100) that was released on January 14, 2021, against the Google Pixel 7 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G2 and came out 1 year and 9 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 Samsung Galaxy S21
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 43 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.4 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Comes with 1000 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4000 mAh
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (1085 against 852 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Has a 0.5 inch larger screen size
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 21% higher pixel density (513 vs 424 PPI)
- The phone is 1 year and 9 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 | Dynamic AMOLED | AMOLED |
| Size | 6.2 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 424 ppi | 513 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (48-120 Hz) | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 550 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1500 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.9% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 97% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 4 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 7 Pro
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Galaxy S21
6.2″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.4 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 151.7 mm (5.97 inches) | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) |
| Width | 71.2 mm (2.8 inches) | 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 169 g (5.96 oz) | 212 g (7.48 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Gray, Pink, Purple | White, Black, Gray |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2100 | Google Tensor G2 |
| Max clock | 2900 MHz | 2850 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 3 cores at 2.81 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP14 | Mali-G710 MC10 |
| GPU shading units | 448 | 448 |
| GPU clock | 854 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~765.2 GFLOPS | ~759.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6754 | 5079 |
| Single-core score | 1484 | 1462 |
| Multi-core score | 3767 | 3866 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 418023 | 381695 |
| GPU | 191872 | 267518 |
| Memory | 170606 | 156286 |
| UX | 301277 | 317082 |
| Total score | 1081778 | 1122581 |
| Samples | [17 tests] | [14 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 72% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 5 FPS |
| Graphics score | 328 | 702 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 64% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1800 | 1821 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13238 | 9424 |
| Video editing | 7092 | 6870 |
| Photo editing | 29658 | 19507 |
| Data manipulation | 10433 | 12051 |
| Writing score | 15614 | 15852 |
Recent User Tests
Samsung Galaxy S21
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-25 (Vadim250905) | AnTuTu 12 | 1038258 |
| 📘 2026-10-21 (M9ineX) | AnTuTu 12 | 1272330 |
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Vadim250905) | AnTuTu 12 | 1268986 |
| 📘 2026-09-30 (Luckyy) | AnTuTu 12 | 1281558 |
| 📘 2026-07-10 (TechNova0627) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1446 / 3772 |
Google Pixel 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-27 (Artem buran) | AnTuTu 12 | 1515782 |
| 📘 2026-10-22 (Suke.) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 1298 / 3764 |
| 📘 2026-10-21 (Suke.) | AnTuTu 12 | 1376107 |
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333 | AnTuTu 11 | 1253847 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333) | AnTuTu 11 | 1253847 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | One UI 7.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 28.1 GB | 14 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 5 years |
| Security updates | 4 years | 5 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4000 mAh | 5000 mAh |
| Max charge power | 25 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:13 hr | 1:49 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:01 hr | 07:06 hr |
| Watching video | 11:06 hr | 12:49 hr |
| Gaming | 04:21 hr | 04:48 hr |
| Standby | 95 hr | 83 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4000 x 3000 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 1.1x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 126° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 64 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX555 | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.76" (≈ 0.57 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.8 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/3.5 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung Bright S5KGW2 | Samsung S5KGM1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.72" (≈ 0.58 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX563 | Sony IMX381 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.25 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 70 |
| Preview | 61 | 74 |
| Zoom | 114 | 143 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S21 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10 megapixels | 10.8 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3872 x 2592 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 21 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX374 | Samsung S5K3J1 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.24" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | No |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 140 |
| Video | - | 146 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 24 | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2021 | October 2022 |
| Release date | February 2021 | October 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $800 | $899 |
| Successor | - Samsung Galaxy S22 | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.46 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.51 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - 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 7 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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Total votes: 81