OnePlus 13R vs Google Pixel 9
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73
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch OnePlus 13R (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 7, 2025, against the Google Pixel 9, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 4 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 OnePlus 13R
- Comes with 1300 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4700 mAh
- Shows 29% longer battery life (28:50 vs 22:26 hours)
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2405K versus 1561K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 27W)
- Has a 0.48 inch larger screen size
- Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9
- Delivers 82% higher peak brightness (2220 against 1220 nits)
- Handles wireless charging up to 12W
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
- 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
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)
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 | 1080 x 2424 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.8:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 450 ppi | 422 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2700 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1800 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Touch sampling rate | 240 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass 7i | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 91.2% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99% |
| PWM | 90 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
OnePlus 13R
6.78″ (19.8:9 ratio) = 17.3 in2
Pixel 9
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~16% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 161.72 mm (6.37 inches) | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) |
| Width | 75.77 mm (2.98 inches) | 72 mm (2.83 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.02 mm (0.32 inches) | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) |
| Weight | 206 g (7.27 oz) | 198 g (6.98 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP65 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Gray | White, Black, Green, Pink |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
| Repairability | Good (3.83/5) | Good (3.5/5) |
| Drop resistance | Good (C) · 120 drops | Excellent (A) · 270 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Google Tensor G4 |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 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 | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 940 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16138 | 7536 |
| Single-core score | 2195 | 1707 |
| Multi-core score | 6781 | 4431 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 675433 | 576617 |
| GPU | 817091 | 410060 |
| Memory | 364528 | 210177 |
| UX | 548452 | 364573 |
| Total score | 2405504 | 1561427 |
| Samples | [29 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 70% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 8 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1673 | 1047 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Graphics test | 32 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 32 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 27 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 8397 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 11853 | 10043 |
| Video editing | 6267 | 7463 |
| Photo editing | 22043 | 21077 |
| Data manipulation | 12569 | 13349 |
| Writing score | 15676 | 15810 |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#165th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 13R
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 6 GPU | 16013 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 7 GPU | 5741 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2222 / 6969 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | Geekbench 7 CPU | 876 / 4825 |
| 📘 2026-10-15 -> rzwn raihan | AnTuTu 12 | 2628452 |
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 | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 15 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 37 GB | 19 GB |
| OS updates | 4 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4700 mAh |
| Max charge power | 80 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (12 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (73% in 30 min) | Yes (55% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:48 hr | 1:25 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1200 cycles | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 13:49 hr | 10:01 hr |
| Watching video | 21:40 hr | 13:38 hr |
| Gaming | 06:35 hr | 05:41 hr |
| Standby | 100 hr | 98 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#68th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8160 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | LED | 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 | 480 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 112° | 123° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP 3) Telephoto: 50 MP |
1) Standard: 50 MP 2) 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 | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-700 (IMX 906) | 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 | 50 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | - |
| Focal length | 47 mm | - |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.7 |
| Focal length | 16 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 83 |
| Zoom | - | 132 |
| Samples | - | 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 | 24 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5K3P9 | CMOS |
| Sensor size | 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 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/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 | 5.4 | 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, QZSS | 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 | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | No | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2025 | August 2024 |
| Release date | January 2025 | August 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $799 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15R | - Google Pixel 10 |
| SAR (head) | - | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.4 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Not included | Not included |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13R:
- This is the global version of the OnePlus Ace 5 smartphone.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, design, and sound are more important to you, then choose the OnePlus 13R. But if the camera and connectivity are more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 9.
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