OnePlus 12R vs Google Pixel 9 Pro
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 12R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2) that was released on January 23, 2024, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 7 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 12R
- Shows 34% longer battery life (29:36 vs 22:07 hours)
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 27W)
- Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
- Comes with 800 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4700 mAh
- 15% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1844K versus 1606K)
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 57% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1988 and 1268 points
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Delivers 98% higher peak brightness (2317 against 1172 nits)
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Handles wireless charging up to 12W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 10% higher pixel density (495 vs 450 PPI)
- Reverse charging feature
- The phone is 7 months newer
- 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 | 6.78 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 1264 x 2780 pixels | 1280 x 2856 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 495 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 2000 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.9% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 98% | 99.1% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 6 ms | 2 ms |
| Contrast | 134211:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 12R
6.78″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
Pixel 9 Pro
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 75.3 mm (2.96 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 207 g (7.3 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Gray, Blue | 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
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 MP7 |
| 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) | 9051 | 10088 |
| Single-core score | 1988 | 1268 |
| Multi-core score | 5079 | 4471 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 616166 | 593578 |
| GPU | 433053 | 419286 |
| Memory | 262122 | 209607 |
| UX | 533254 | 383767 |
| Total score | 1844595 | 1606238 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [2 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 78% |
| Graphics test | - | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1047 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 10518 |
| Video editing | - | 7606 |
| Photo editing | - | 20039 |
| Data manipulation | - | 13898 |
| Writing score | - | 17296 |
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 12R
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (Babababi) | AnTuTu 12 | 1953931 |
| 📘 2026-01-11 (Sumit) | AnTuTu 11 | 1749776 |
| 📘 2025-12-24 (dimah5642@gmail.com) | AnTuTu 11 | 1918311 |
| 📘 2025-12-06 (Tarun) | AnTuTu 11 | 1844595 |
| 📘 2025-10-15 (Desperate) | AnTuTu 11 | 1720823 |
Google Pixel 9 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-09 (danyages) | AnTuTu 11 | 1606238 |
| 📘 2026-03-05 (Sashka2005) | AnTuTu 11 | 1499601 |
| 📘 2024-10-16 (notReal) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1268 / 4471 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 28 GB | 28.8 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5500 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (70% in 15 min) | Yes (56% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:25 hr | 1:24 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 12:23 hr | 10:12 hr |
| Watching video | 20:20 hr | 12:40 hr |
| Gaming | 06:18 hr | 06:23 hr |
| Standby | 128 hr | 96 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#54th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | Up to 30FPS |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 480 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Macro: 2 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 50 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 25 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX890 | Samsung GN1 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.2 micron |
| Autofocus | Laser autofocus | Laser autofocus |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 113 mm |
| Sensor | - | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | 12 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Samsung S5KGM5 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Image resolution | 2 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | - |
| Focal length | 22 mm | - |
| Sensor | OmniVision OV02B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/5.0" (≈ 0.2 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1.75 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 16 megapixels | 42 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4608 x 3456 | 3648 x 2736 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 18 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung ISOCELL S5K3P9 | Sony IMX858 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.51" (≈ 0.4 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | 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 2024 | August 2024 |
| Release date | February 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | $999 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15R | - Google Pixel 10 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.37 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Barometer - 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 12R:
- - The 128 GB model has UFS 3.1 memory, unlike other versions with UFS 4.0.
- Only the American version CPH2611 supports eSIM.
*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 Pro. But if the performance, gaming, battery life, and sound are more of a priority – go for the OnePlus 12R.
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