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OnePlus 13T vs Google Pixel 9 Pro

83 out of 100
OnePlus 13T
VS
74 out of 100
Google Pixel 9 Pro
OnePlus 13T
Google Pixel 9 Pro

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.32-inch OnePlus 13T (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Google Pixel 9 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor G4 and came out 8 months before. 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 13T
  • 2x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3173K versus 1606K)
  • Comes with 1560 mAh larger battery capacity: 6260 vs 4700 mAh
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 27W)
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.0 versus UFS 3.1
  • 2.4x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2992 and 1268 points
  • The phone is 8 months newer
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 9 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 12W
  • Has 33% more RAM: 16GB versus 12GB
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • More recent OS version: Android 17 versus 15
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 13T 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)

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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
16 / 128 GB
63.9
(Average)
Value Index
30.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
OnePlus 13T
vs
Pixel 9 Pro

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.32 inches 6.3 inches
Resolution 1216 x 2640 pixels 1280 x 2856 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 20:9
PPI 460 ppi 495 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 800 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 2000 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Crystal Shield Glass Gorilla Glass Victus 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.7% 87.1%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.1%
PWM - 240 Hz
Response time - 2 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
OnePlus 13T
n/a
Pixel 9 Pro
2317 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 150.81 mm (5.94 inches) 152.8 mm (6.02 inches)
Width 71.7 mm (2.82 inches) 72 mm (2.83 inches)
Thickness 8.15 mm (0.32 inches) 8.5 mm (0.33 inches)
Weight 185 g (6.53 oz) 199 g (7.02 oz)
Waterproof IP65 IP68
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Pink White, Black, Gray, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.39/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) Β· 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
OnePlus 13T +4%
90.7%
Pixel 9 Pro
87.1%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 13T and Google Pixel 9 Pro
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Google Tensor G4
Max clock 4320 MHz 3100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L)		 - 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 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 830 Mali-G715 MP7
GPU shading units 1536 896
GPU clock 1100 MHz 940 MHz
FLOPS ~3379.2 GFLOPS ~1684.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 13T and Google Pixel 9 Pro
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
OnePlus 13T +136%
2992
Pixel 9 Pro
1268
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
OnePlus 13T +108%
9307
Pixel 9 Pro
4471
Compute Score (GPU)
OnePlus 13T +146%
24853
Pixel 9 Pro
10088
Compute Score (GPU) 24853 10088
Single-core score 2992 1268
Multi-core score 9307 4471
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
OnePlus 13T +98%
3173674
Pixel 9 Pro
1606238
CPU 950649 593578
GPU 1161132 419286
Memory 356504 209607
UX 705389 383767
Total score 3173674 1606238
Samples [8 tests] [2 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
OnePlus 13T +136%
2468
Pixel 9 Pro
1047
Stability 91% 78%
Graphics test 18 FPS 8 FPS
Graphics score 2468 1047
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test 42 FPS -
Section 1 48 FPS -
Section 2 42 FPS -
Section 3 35 FPS -
Graphics score 11020 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
OnePlus 13T +41%
18784
Pixel 9 Pro
13308
Web score 21599 10518
Video editing 8606 7606
Photo editing 29817 20039
Data manipulation 16672 13898
Writing score 24602 17296
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 13T
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (sosalka)Geekbench 6 CPU2748 / 8459
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-04 (АбэмС)AnTuTu 113227783
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-21 (Ian)AnTuTu 113173674
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-11 (huinamb)AnTuTu 112988190
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-16 -> qd1chzAnTuTu 113397578
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Google Pixel 9 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-09 (danyages)AnTuTu 111606238
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-05 (Sashka2005)AnTuTu 111499601
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-16 (notReal)Geekbench 6 CPU1268 / 4471
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Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
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 ColorOS 15 Stock Android
OS size 54 GB 28.8 GB
OS updates 4 years 7 years
Security updates 6 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 6260 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 27 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (12 W)
Reverse charging Yes Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 21 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:01 hr 1:24 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 10:12 hr
Watching video - 12:40 hr
Gaming - 06:23 hr
Standby - 96 hr
General battery life
OnePlus 13T
n/a
Pixel 9 Pro
22:07 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8160 x 6144
Zoom Optical, 2x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 123Β°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 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 50 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.7
Focal length 24 mm 25 mm
Sensor Sony IMX906 Samsung GN1
Sensor size 1/1.56" (β‰ˆ 0.64 inch) 1/1.31" (β‰ˆ 0.76 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.2 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Laser autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.8
Focal length - 113 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN5 Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size 1/2.76" (β‰ˆ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution - 48 MP
Aperture - f/1.7
Focal length - 12 mm
Sensor - Samsung S5KGM5
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (β‰ˆ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 0.7 micron
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 42 megapixels
Image resolution - 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 24 mm 18 mm
Sensor Sony IMX480 Sony IMX858
Sensor size 1/3.09" (β‰ˆ 0.32 inch) 1/2.51" (β‰ˆ 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 5.4 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 Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby 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
OnePlus 13T
n/a
Pixel 9 Pro
90.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced April 2025 August 2024
Release date April 2025 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $650 $999
Successor - OnePlus 15T - 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 OnePlus 13T is definitely a better buy.

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