Google Pixel 8 vs Apple iPhone 16e
69
out of 100
VS
74
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.2-inch Google Pixel 8 (with Google Tensor G3) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 16e, which is powered by Apple A18 and came out 1 year and 5 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 Google Pixel 8
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 72% higher peak brightness (1437 against 836 nits)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+3)
- Reverse charging feature
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16e
- Shows 36% longer battery life (26:44 vs 19:39 hours)
- 12% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1612K versus 1443K)
- The phone is 1 year and 5 months newer
- 91% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3281 and 1722 points
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- Weighs 20 grams less
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
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)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.2 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 428 ppi | 457 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2000 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1400 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.2% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 170 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 3 ms | 10 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 150.5 mm (5.93 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 70.8 mm (2.79 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 187 g (6.6 oz) | 167 g (5.89 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray, Rose gold | White, Black |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.79/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G3 | Apple A18 |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 4040 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 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Immortalis-G715s MC10 | 4 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 890 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS | ~1907 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 24041 |
| Single-core score | 1722 | 3281 |
| Multi-core score | 4458 | 8035 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 535125 | 485100 |
| GPU | 387735 | 445832 |
| Memory | 186665 | 185536 |
| UX | 333906 | 496320 |
| Total score | 1443431 | 1612788 |
| Samples | [10 tests] | [5 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 73% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | 971 | 1226 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 26 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 21 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 15 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 5507 |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 8
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-malik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1515235 |
| 📘 2026-08-28 (asfiii-baloch) | AnTuTu 11 | 1515235 |
| 📘 2026-05-04 (reazz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1356451 |
| 📘 2026-04-29 -> tonymenny | AnTuTu 11 | 1446448 |
| 📘 2026-03-16 (Quan) | AnTuTu 11 | 1479583 |
Apple iPhone 16e
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-11 (Matviy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1600106 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (iPhone user) | AnTuTu 11 | 1591246 |
| 📘 2026-02-10 (Virtuose) | AnTuTu 11 | 1721718 |
| 📘 2026-01-14 (Glib) | AnTuTu 11 | 1656396 |
| 📘 2026-01-13 (киря) | AnTuTu 11 | 1612788 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 18.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 14 GB | 24 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4575 mAh | 4005 mAh |
| Max charge power | 27 W | 25 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (18 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (56% in 30 min) | Yes (57% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:16 hr | 1:50 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 08:08 hr | 11:59 hr |
| Watching video | 14:06 hr | 15:01 hr |
| Gaming | 04:49 hr | 05:04 hr |
| Standby | 81 hr | 127 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | 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° | - |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode | - Bokeh mode |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GNV | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.2 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX386 Exmor RS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.25 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | - |
| Preview | 64 | - |
| Zoom | 129 | - |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 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 | No | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
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 Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | No |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | - | Standby |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 20 | - |
| 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 | Mid-range |
| Announced | October 2023 | February 2025 |
| Release date | October 2023 | February 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $599 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 | - |
| 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 iPhone 16e:
- The smartphone doesn’t have a cinematic mode like the higher-end models in the series.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 16e. But if the display, camera, and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 8.
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