OnePlus 10 Pro vs Google Pixel 9

63 out of 100
OnePlus 10 Pro
VS
73 out of 100
Google Pixel 9

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on January 11, 2022, against the Google Pixel 9, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 2 years and 8 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 3.3x optical zoom
  • 24% higher pixel density (525 vs 422 PPI)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 27W)
  • Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9
  • Delivers 187% higher peak brightness (2220 against 774 nits)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 7% longer battery life (22:26 vs 21:03 hours)
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
  • 28% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1561K versus 1217K)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 2 years and 8 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 10 Pro and Google Pixel 9 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
81
85
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
66
86
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
52
64
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
35
42
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
62
62
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
78
85
DeviceFacts Score
Final comparison evaluation
63
73
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 57% Yes
Maybe, but mainly if you specifically want better camera.
This is a situational upgrade. It makes the most sense if better camera matters to you.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
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Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3216 pixels 1080 x 2424 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 525 ppi 422 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 2700 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1800 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 1000 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.3% 99%
PWM 342 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 11 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
10 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 9
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
774 nits
Pixel 9 +187%
2220 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163 mm (6.42 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 200.5 g (7.07 oz) 198 g (6.98 oz)
Waterproof - IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Green, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.5/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
10 Pro +3%
89.9%
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 10 Pro and Google Pixel 9
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Google Tensor G4
Max clock 3000 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 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 Samsung Samsung
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 Mali-G715 MC7
GPU shading units 1024 896
GPU clock 818 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 10 Pro and Google Pixel 9
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1300
Pixel 9 +31%
1707
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3445
Pixel 9 +29%
4431
Compute Score (GPU)
n/a
7536
Compute Score (GPU) - 7536
Single-core score 1300 1707
Multi-core score 3445 4431
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1217154
Pixel 9 +28%
1561427
CPU 450257 576617
GPU 223494 410060
Memory 216467 210177
UX 326936 364573
Total score 1217154 1561427
Samples [3 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
n/a
1047
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1047
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
2570
n/a
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Graphics score 2570 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
11392
Pixel 9 +12%
12789
Web score 10315 10043
Video editing 5919 7463
Photo editing 23257 21077
Data manipulation 8724 13349
Writing score 15818 15810

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11AnTuTu 121501761
📘 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11)AnTuTu 121501761
📘 2026-09-22 -> Vidor312AnTuTu 121279540
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladislav)AnTuTu 111217154
📘 2025-11-23 (naytman)AnTuTu 111031622
Google Pixel 9
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-18 -> Oleg 16 cmAnTuTu 111423579
📘 2026-06-13 (Plotwa)CPU Throttle82%
📘 2026-04-14 (LymXT)AnTuTu 111577137
📘 2025-12-09 (enigma)AnTuTu 111519937
📘 2025-11-28 (W1TRAY)AnTuTu 111561427

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 UFS 3.1
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17)
ROM OxygenOS 14 Stock Android
OS size 32 GB 19 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 27 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (98% in 30 min) Yes (55% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 1:25 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:41 hr 10:01 hr
Watching video 12:41 hr 13:38 hr
Gaming 04:53 hr 05:41 hr
Standby 108 hr 98 hr
General battery life
21:03 hr
Pixel 9 +7%
22:26 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.3x Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 150° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 48 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX789 Samsung GNK
Sensor size 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Focal length 77 mm -
Sensor Omnivision OV08A10 -
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) -
Pixel size 1 micron -
Stabilization Optical -
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Focal length 14 mm -
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 -
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron -
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
124
Pixel 9 +30%
161
Video quality
119
Pixel 9 +26%
150
Generic main camera score
122
Pixel 9 +26%
154
Bokeh 65 75
Preview 68 83
Zoom 105 132
Samples Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 10.5 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 20 mm
Sensor Sony IMX615 CMOS
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No 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 Yes No
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.1 dB
87.7 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2022 August 2024
Release date January 2022 August 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $799
Successor - OnePlus 15 - Google Pixel 10
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.4 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 80 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 Google Pixel 9 is definitely a better buy.

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4 (80%)
1 (20%)
Total votes: 5

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