Google Pixel 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 8 Pro (with Google Tensor G3) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 1 year and 1 month 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 8 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Comes with 1771 mAh larger battery capacity: 5050 vs 3279 mAh
- Has a 0.6 inch larger screen size
- Delivers 91% higher peak brightness (1600 against 837 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Supports higher wattage charging (30W versus 20W)
- The phone is 1 year and 1 month newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
- Shows 25% longer battery life (24:17 vs 19:29 hours)
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1526K versus 1367K)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 29% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2272 and 1765 points
- Weighs 41 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5 mm narrower
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 | 6.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1344 x 2992 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 489 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2400 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1600 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.5% | 99.5% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 12 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 8 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
iPhone 14
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~18% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 172 g (6.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G3 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 9 (1 + 4 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G715s MC10 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 890 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 6573 | 20728 |
| Single-core score | 1765 | 2272 |
| Multi-core score | 4297 | 5584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 468427 | 441890 |
| GPU | 384941 | 399019 |
| Memory | 182041 | 177784 |
| UX | 331822 | 508068 |
| Total score | 1367231 | 1526761 |
| Samples | [14 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 74% | - |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 982 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3771 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 75% | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2854 |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik) | AnTuTu 12 | 1408420 |
| 📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick) | AnTuTu 11 | 1338293 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed) | AnTuTu 11 | 1367231 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 -> Spaikleonow | AnTuTu 11 | 1482218 |
| 📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal) | AnTuTu 11 | 1328640 |
Apple iPhone 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom) | AnTuTu 11 | 1082494 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai) | AnTuTu 11 | 1526761 |
| 📘 2026-06-06 (emo067) | AnTuTu 11 | 1538861 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Rex) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2382 / 5869 |
| 📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1573257 |
Memory
| RAM size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 14 GB | 12 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5050 mAh | 3279 mAh |
| Max charge power | 30 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (23 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (53% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:23 hr | 1:31 hr |
| Web browsing | 08:23 hr | 10:06 hr |
| Watching video | 12:10 hr | 14:55 hr |
| Gaming | 04:58 hr | 05:25 hr |
| Standby | 87 hr | 114 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 5x | 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 | 126° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 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/1.7 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GNV | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.8 | - |
| Focal length | 113 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KGM5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 70 |
| Preview | 75 | 85 |
| Zoom | 152 | 90 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 10.5 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3648 x 2736 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 143 | 138 |
| Video | 149 | 153 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| 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 2023 | September 2022 |
| Release date | October 2023 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $799 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| 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 | Not included |
Further details
Notes on Pixel 8 Pro:
- The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the display, camera, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 8 Pro. But if the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 14.
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