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OnePlus 10 Pro vs Google Pixel 9 Pro

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

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 Pro, 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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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
  • 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 Pro
  • Delivers 199% higher peak brightness (2317 against 774 nits)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 14
  • 32% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1606K 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 Pro crucial features
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)

Should I update?
No 63% Yes
Yes, we think most users will notice the upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 10 Pro to Google Pixel 9 Pro makes sense and should feel noticeably better in daily use.
Main improvements: camera, performance, and display.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
10 Pro
vs
Pixel 9 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3216 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 20:9
PPI 525 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 2000 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% 99.1%
PWM 342 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 11 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
10 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
Pixel 9 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
10 Pro
774 nits
Pixel 9 Pro +199%
2317 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) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof - IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.39/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
10 Pro +3%
89.9%
Pixel 9 Pro
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 10 Pro and Google Pixel 9 Pro
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 MP7
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 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
10 Pro +3%
1300
Pixel 9 Pro
1268
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10 Pro
3445
Pixel 9 Pro +30%
4471
Compute Score (GPU)
10 Pro
n/a
Pixel 9 Pro
10088
Compute Score (GPU) - 10088
Single-core score 1300 1268
Multi-core score 3445 4471
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
10 Pro
1217154
Pixel 9 Pro +32%
1606238
CPU 450257 593578
GPU 223494 419286
Memory 216467 209607
UX 326936 383767
Total score 1217154 1606238
Samples [3 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
10 Pro
n/a
Pixel 9 Pro
1047
Stability - 78%
Graphics test - 8 FPS
Graphics score - 1047
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
10 Pro
2570
Pixel 9 Pro
n/a
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Graphics score 2570 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
10 Pro
11392
Pixel 9 Pro +17%
13308
Web score 10315 10518
Video editing 5919 7606
Photo editing 23257 20039
Data manipulation 8724 13898
Writing score 15818 17296
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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
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Google Pixel 9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-09 (danyages)AnTuTu 111606238
📘 2026-03-05 (Sashka2005)AnTuTu 111499601
📘 2024-10-16 (notReal)Geekbench 6 CPU1268 / 4471
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 3200 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 28.8 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-Po
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 (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 1:24 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:41 hr 10:12 hr
Watching video 12:41 hr 12:40 hr
Gaming 04:53 hr 06:23 hr
Standby 108 hr 96 hr
General battery life
10 Pro
21:03 hr
Pixel 9 Pro +5%
22:07 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 3.3x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS Up to 30FPS
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) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) 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 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX789 Samsung GN1
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 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 77 mm 113 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08A10 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.7
Focal length 14 mm 12 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 -
Preview 68 -
Zoom 105 -
Samples Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark -

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 18 mm
Sensor Sony IMX615 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 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 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
10 Pro
88.1 dB
Pixel 9 Pro +3%
90.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2022 August 2024
Release date January 2022 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $999
Successor - OnePlus 15 - Google Pixel 10 Pro
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.37 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 Pro is definitely a better buy.

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