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Vivo iQOO 15R vs Google Pixel 10a

84 out of 100
Vivo iQOO 15R
VS
72 out of 100
Google Pixel 10a
Vivo iQOO 15R
Google Pixel 10a

Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.59-inch Vivo iQOO 15R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5) that was released on February 24, 2026, against the Google Pixel 10a, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 month 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 Vivo iQOO 15R
  • 2.1x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3047K versus 1422K)
  • Comes with 2500 mAh larger battery capacity: 7600 vs 5100 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 144 Hz
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 30W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Thinner bezels – 5.5% more screen real estate
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 10a
  • Handles wireless charging up to 10W
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
  • Weighs 19 grams less
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Vivo iQOO 15R and Google Pixel 10a 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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8 / 256 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
101.9
(Excellent)
Value Index
71.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iQOO 15R
vs
Pixel 10a

Display

Type AMOLED POLED
Size 6.59 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1260 x 2750 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 459 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 144 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (60-120 Hz) Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 5000 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 360 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Corning Gorilla Glass 7i
Screen-to-body ratio 90.8% 85.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 98.4%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 1 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
iQOO 15R
6.59″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 16.5 in2
Pixel 10a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~11% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
iQOO 15R
n/a
Pixel 10a
2893 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 157.61 mm (6.21 inches) 153.9 mm (6.06 inches)
Width 74.42 mm (2.93 inches) 73 mm (2.87 inches)
Thickness 7.9 mm (0.31 inches) 9 mm (0.35 inches)
Weight 202 g (7.13 oz) 183 g (6.46 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Plastic
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Silver White, Black, Red, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.84/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
iQOO 15R +6%
90.8%
Pixel 10a
85.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Vivo iQOO 15R and Google Pixel 10a
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Google Tensor G4
Max clock 3800 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.32 GHz: Oryon Performance
- 2 cores at 3.8 GHz: Oryon Prime		 - 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 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 829 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1024 896
GPU clock 1225 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~2508.8 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Vivo iQOO 15R and Google Pixel 10a
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iQOO 15R +65%
2766
Pixel 10a
1674
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iQOO 15R +117%
8923
Pixel 10a
4114
Compute Score (GPU)
iQOO 15R +71%
17303
Pixel 10a
10140
Compute Score (GPU) 17303 10140
Single-core score 2766 1674
Multi-core score 8923 4114
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iQOO 15R +114%
3047741
Pixel 10a
1422477
CPU 899582 463927
GPU 1036833 407873
Memory 415773 214572
UX 695553 336105
Total score 3047741 1422477
Samples [24 tests] Less than 3
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#104th place)
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Vivo iQOO 15R
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-30 (F2I4)AnTuTu 123102899
📘 2026-09-29 (dpicugin)AnTuTu 123071402
📘 2026-09-26 (johnny)AnTuTu 123101545
📘 2026-09-25 (Izumi)AnTuTu 123394118
📘 2026-09-24 (Max)AnTuTu 123215528
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Google Pixel 10a
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-14 (123)Geekbench 6 GPU8744
📘 2026-07-14 (123)Geekbench 6 CPU1674 / 4114
📘 2026-07-11 (123)AnTuTu 111422477
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 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 4.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 16 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM OriginOS 6 Stock Android
OS size - 15 GB
OS updates 5 years 7 years
Security updates 5 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7600 mAh 5100 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 30 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (10 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (53% in 30 min) Yes (52% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:57 hr 1:29 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:33 hr
Watching video - 23:15 hr
Gaming - 06:06 hr
Standby - 98 hr
General battery life
iQOO 15R
n/a
Pixel 10a
26:59 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8000 x 6000
Zoom Digital (lossless), 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 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 13 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length - 25 mm
Sensor Sony LYT-700V 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
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 13 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 15 mm 16 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX712
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size - 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 150
Zoom - 99
Samples - Photo samples of Google Pixel 10a from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 20 mm
Sensor GalaxyCore GC32E1 CMOS
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 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 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 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* No 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
iQOO 15R
n/a
Pixel 10a
84.9 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Mid-range
Announced February 2026 February 2026
Release date March 2026 March 2026
Launch price (MSRP) $495 $499
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, 100 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 Vivo iQOO 15R is definitely a better buy.

Cast your vote

So, which phone would you choose?
9 (56.3%)
7 (43.8%)
Total votes: 16

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