OnePlus 11 vs Google Pixel 9
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73
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 11 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on January 4, 2023, against the Google Pixel 9, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 1 year 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
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 11
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 24% higher pixel density (525 vs 422 PPI)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 27W)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1846K versus 1561K)
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 18% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2013 and 1707 points
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9
- Delivers 190% higher peak brightness (2220 against 765 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
- Handles wireless charging up to 12W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 16
- The phone is 1 year and 8 months newer
- Reverse charging feature
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 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 | 1300 nits | 2700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.6% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 96.9% | 99% |
| PWM | 361 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 6 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 11
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)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 74.1 mm (2.92 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.53 mm (0.34 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 205 g (7.23 oz) | 198 g (6.98 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP64 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | 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
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 3200 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 2 + 2 + 3) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 3 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
- 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 | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 740 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 680 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2089 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 9753 | 7536 |
| Single-core score | 2013 | 1707 |
| Multi-core score | 5590 | 4431 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 575482 | 576617 |
| GPU | 441424 | 410060 |
| Memory | 310320 | 210177 |
| UX | 519024 | 364573 |
| Total score | 1846250 | 1561427 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 97% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1091 | 1047 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 67% | - |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 23 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 20 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 17 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5312 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 76% | - |
| Graphics test | 21 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 3671 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11011 | 10043 |
| Video editing | 5985 | 7463 |
| Photo editing | 24430 | 21077 |
| Data manipulation | 11356 | 13349 |
| Writing score | 16368 | 15810 |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 11
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-25 (Alex) | AnTuTu 12 | 2324532 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| 📘 2026-09-23 (Ciciz) | AnTuTu 12 | 2032599 |
| 📘 2026-08-02 (w1ndyy) | AnTuTu 11 | 1919007 |
| 📘 2026-05-03 (lnz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2025 / 5765 |
Google Pixel 9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 -> Oleg 16 cm | AnTuTu 11 | 1423579 |
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Plotwa) | CPU Throttle | 82% |
| 📘 2026-04-14 (LymXT) | AnTuTu 11 | 1577137 |
| 📘 2025-12-09 (enigma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1519937 |
| 📘 2025-11-28 (W1TRAY) | AnTuTu 11 | 1561427 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4266 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 37 GB | 19 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 8 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:22 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:48 hr | 10:01 hr |
| Watching video | 14:28 hr | 13:38 hr |
| Gaming | 05:12 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 102 hr | 98 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 115° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 32 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX890 | Samsung GNK |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 32 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 48 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX709 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.7 |
| Sensor | Sony IMX581 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 65 | 75 |
| Preview | 60 | 83 |
| Zoom | 103 | 132 |
| Samples | Photo samples of OnePlus 11 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 10.5 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 25 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) | 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 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 7 (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 | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 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 | Yes | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2023 | August 2024 |
| Release date | January 2023 | August 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $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, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 11:
- The 128GB version features UFS 3.1 storage, while the other configurations utilize UFS 4.0 storage.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera and connectivity are more important to you, then choose the Google Pixel 9. But if the performance, gaming, software, and sound are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 11.
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