Google Pixel 6 vs Apple iPhone 12
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.4-inch Google Pixel 6 (with Google Tensor) that was released on October 19, 2021, against the Apple iPhone 12, which is powered by Apple A14 Bionic and came out 1 year before. 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 Google Pixel 6
- Comes with 1799 mAh larger battery capacity: 4614 vs 2815 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 31% higher peak brightness (841 against 643 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Has a 0.3 inch larger screen size
- Fingerprint scanner
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 18W)
- The phone is 1 year newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12
- 35% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1341K versus 990K)
- Shows 12% longer battery life (21:15 vs 18:55 hours)
- 12% higher pixel density (460 vs 411 PPI)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 39% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1997 and 1438 points
- Weighs 43 grams less
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 6.4 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 411 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 90 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 625 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 800 nits | - |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.3% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.8% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 397 Hz | 226 Hz |
| Response time | 5 ms | 16 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 6
6.4″ (20:9 ratio) = 15.3 in2
iPhone 12
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~8% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 158.6 mm (6.24 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 74.8 mm (2.94 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 207 g (7.3 oz) | 164 g (5.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Blue, Yellow | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2800 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex A55 - 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex A76 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Tensor Processing Unit | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP20 | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 640 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 850 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1085.4 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7318 | 17099 |
| Single-core score | 1438 | 1997 |
| Multi-core score | 3372 | 4665 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 381525 | 402035 |
| GPU | 162416 | 336490 |
| Memory | 178605 | 153915 |
| UX | 267677 | 449135 |
| Total score | 990213 | 1341575 |
| Samples | [11 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 63% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 704 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2651 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 60% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1907 | 2155 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7877 | - |
| Video editing | 6652 | - |
| Photo editing | 18508 | - |
| Data manipulation | 10427 | - |
| Writing score | 13858 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 6
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-13 (Vladi♂️Slave♂️) | AnTuTu 12 | 1281085 |
| 📘 2026-08-17 -> Paranoid _Antost | AnTuTu 11 | 930801 |
| 📘 2026-04-05 (Ethan Winters) | AnTuTu 11 | 927237 |
| 📘 2026-02-25 (Adora) | AnTuTu 11 | 933576 |
| 📘 2026-01-29 (Stormchasing) | AnTuTu 11 | 990213 |
Apple iPhone 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-12 (Z0tacxyz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1294739 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Timur) | AnTuTu 11 | 1199214 |
| 📘 2026-06-26 (Hellomt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334721 |
| 📘 2026-03-25 (🇷🇺010) | AnTuTu 11 | 1384982 |
| 📘 2026-03-23 (Roma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1326030 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 17.6 GB | 7 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 4614 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (21 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (41% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:53 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | 08:00 hr |
| Watching video | 13:13 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 05:02 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 85 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad 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 | 114° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN1 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 17 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX386 Exmor RS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 55 |
| Preview | 65 | 74 |
| Zoom | 79 | 60 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 6 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 130 | 127 |
| Video | 127 | 140 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | No |
| USB version | 3.1 | - |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2021 | October 2020 |
| Release date | October 2021 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $600 | $800 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Not included | - |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 6. But if the performance, gaming, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 12.
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