Google Pixel 9a vs Apple iPhone 13 mini
67
out of 100
VS
64
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.3-inch Google Pixel 9a (with Google Tensor G4) that was released on March 19, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 13 mini, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 years and 7 months 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 9a
- Comes with 2694 mAh larger battery capacity: 5100 vs 2406 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 128% higher peak brightness (1927 against 844 nits)
- Has a 0.9 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Fingerprint scanner
- The phone is 3 years and 7 months newer
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 mini
- 13% higher pixel density (476 vs 422 PPI)
- Better grip in hands – the body is 9.1 mm narrower
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 37% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2303 and 1677 points
- Weighs 45 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
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | POLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.3 inches | 5.4 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2424 pixels | 1080 x 2340 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 422 ppi | 476 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | No |
| Max rated brightness | 2700 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 84.5% | 84.8% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.2% | 99.7% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Pixel 9a
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
iPhone 13 mini
5.4″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 11.1 in2
~33% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 154.7 mm (6.09 inches) | 131.5 mm (5.18 inches) |
| Width | 73.3 mm (2.89 inches) | 64.2 mm (2.53 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 186 g (6.56 oz) | 141 g (4.97 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Red, Purple | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.53/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G4 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3100 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 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 | Mali-G715 MP7 | Apple GPU (4 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7784 | 18055 |
| Single-core score | 1677 | 2303 |
| Multi-core score | 4067 | 5725 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 445318 | 457297 |
| GPU | 410687 | 339401 |
| Memory | 175537 | 155401 |
| UX | 289527 | 475752 |
| Total score | 1321069 | 1427851 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [7 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 81% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1060 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 16 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3276 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 68% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2500 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10570 | - |
| Video editing | 7547 | - |
| Photo editing | 21264 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12988 | - |
| Writing score | 16308 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 9a
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Leif) | AnTuTu 11 | 1590049 |
| 📘 2026-05-13 (kiriguap) | AnTuTu 11 | 1182042 |
| 📘 2026-03-09 (d1ldo) | AnTuTu 11 | 943849 |
| 📘 2026-01-03 (Joy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1487240 |
| 📘 2025-11-11 (VLAD) | AnTuTu 11 | 1507185 |
Apple iPhone 13 mini
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-14 (Makkar) | AnTuTu 11 | 1191717 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2168 / 4988 |
| 📘 2026-06-09 -> barout1 | AnTuTu 11 | 1251126 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Spaik) | AnTuTu 11 | 1507453 |
| 📘 2026-05-12 (MaximVerni) | AnTuTu 11 | 1470778 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 4 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 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 14 GB | 12 GB |
| OS updates | 7 years | - |
| Security updates | 7 years | - |
Battery
| Capacity | 5100 mAh | 2406 mAh |
| Max charge power | 23 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (7.5 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (47% in 30 min) | Yes (61% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:41 hr | 1:24 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 08:20 hr | 07:46 hr |
| Watching video | 12:40 hr | 12:00 hr |
| Gaming | 06:06 hr | 04:28 hr |
| Standby | 91 hr | 106 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 48 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8000 x 6000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| 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 | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GN8 | Sony IMX603 |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/1.9" (≈ 0.53 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1.7 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX712 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 145 | 65 |
| Preview | - | 76 |
| Zoom | 99 | 65 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9a from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 mini from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 13 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 20 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 127 |
| Video | - | 143 |
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 | 5.3 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | - |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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* | - | 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 | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2025 | September 2021 |
| Release date | April 2025 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $700 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10a | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.97 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.39 W/kg | 0.98 W/kg |
| Sensors | - 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, battery life, and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 9a. But if the performance, gaming, software, design, and sound are more of a priority – go for the Apple iPhone 13 mini.
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