Apple iPhone 13 vs Google Pixel 10A

Comparing the Apple iPhone 13 vs Google Pixel 10A across performance, display, camera, battery, storage, expert reviews and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Apple iPhone 13 runs at a higher processing speed of 3.23 GHz, while Google Pixel 10A runs at 3.1 GHz, making Apple iPhone 13 the better performer.

Display: Google Pixel 10A offers a screen size of 6.3 inches, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 6.1 inches, making Google Pixel 10A the larger display of the two. Apple iPhone 13 features a Super Retina XDR display compared to Google Pixel 10A's P-OLED, making Apple iPhone 13 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Google Pixel 10A offers a higher rear camera resolution with 48 MP, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 12 MP, making Google Pixel 10A better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Google Pixel 10A offers a higher front camera resolution with 13 MP, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 12 MP, making Google Pixel 10A better for front camera photography.

Battery: Apple iPhone 13 delivers longer battery life with None, while Google Pixel 10A delivers 13h 54m, making Apple iPhone 13 the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Google Pixel 10A offers higher internal storage with 256 GB, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 128 GB, making Google Pixel 10A the better option for storage.

Expert Review: Apple iPhone 13 receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while Google Pixel 10A is rated 7.9.

User Rating: Apple iPhone 13 receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Google Pixel 10A has a rating of 4.5.

Apple iPhone 13

₹45,490

@ Croma

Google Pixel 10A

₹49,999

@ Flipkart

Summary

Release Date

17 Sep, 2021

06 Mar, 2026

21 Aug, 2026

Performance


Apple A15 Bionic	Google Tensor G4	MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultimate
Hexa Core (upto 3.23 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 3.1 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.6 GHz)
4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.1 inches (15.49 cm)	6.3 inches (16 cm)	6.78 inches (17.22 cm)
Super Retina XDR	P-OLED	AMOLED
1170x2532 px (FHD+)	1080x2424 px (FHD+)	1208x2644 px (FHD+)
60 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate	144 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	48 MP Primary Camera	50 MP Primary Camera
12 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	8 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Front Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Lens	13 MP	13 MP Wide Angle Lens

Battery


3227 mAh	5100 mAh	6500 mAh
20W Fast Charging	45W Fast Charging	45W Super Charging
Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging	No Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB	256 GB	256 GB
NVMe	UFS 3.1	UFS 2.2

Expert Review

8.0/10

Read Expert Review

7.9/10

Read Expert Review

N/A

Pros

Excellent performer
Capable cameras
Long-lasting battery life

Compact design, improved durability
Decent battery life
7 years of software updates

Device yet to be reviewed

Cons

Slow wired and wireless charging speeds
No high-refresh rate screen

Same Tensor G4 chip as Pixel 9a
Limited AI features
Slow charging speed

Device yet to be reviewed

User Ratings

4.6/5

(300,865 ratings)

4.5/5

(2,643 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	1,400,792 AnTuTu Score	792,798 AnTuTu Score
N/A	13h 54m Battery Life (PC Mark)	10h 40m Battery Life (PC Mark)

Compare Prices

₹45,490

@ Croma

₹49,999

@ Flipkart

₹46,999

@ Flipkart

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General

Launch Date

Sep 17, 2021

(Official)

Feb 18, 2026

(Official)

Aug 18, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

iOS v15

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

7 Year

2 Year

Security Updates

N/A

7 Year

3 Year

Custom UI

N/A

HiOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Chipset

Apple A15 Bionic

View Details

Google Tensor G4

View Details

MediaTek Dimensity 7400 Ultimate MT6878

Processor

Hexa Core

3.23 GHz, Dual core, Avalanche 1.82 GHz, Quad core, Blizzard

Octa core

3.1 GHz, Single core, Cortex X4 2.6 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 1.92 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A520

Octa core

2.6 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A78 2 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

5 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Apple GPU (four-core graphics)

Mali-G715 MP7

Mali-G615 MC2

RAM

4 GB

8 GB

8 GB / 12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Performance Test Results

AnTuTu Score (The higher, the better) AnTuTu benchmark measures overall performance of a phone by stress-testing CPU, GPU, RAM, etc.

N/A

1,400,792

792,798

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

13.0 s

8.0 s

24.0 s

Gaming Test Results

Wild Life Extreme (The higher, the better) Wild Life Extreme is a classic mobile benchmark; it renders in 4K to test the peak performance of a wide range of devices.

N/A

1,054

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

8.0 %

9.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

21.8 %

32.8 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Best In Class

Display Type

Super Retina XDR

P-OLED

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.1 inches (15.49 cm)

6.3 inches (16 cm)

6.78 inches (17.22 cm)

Resolution

1170x2532 px (FHD+)

1080x2424 px (FHD+)

1208x2644 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

1200 nits

3000 nits

4500 nits

HBM Brightness

800 nits

1800 nits

1600 nits

Refresh Rate

60 Hz

120 Hz

144 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9

20:9

19.69:9

Pixel Density

457 ppi

422 ppi

429 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

86.89 %

85.29 %

89.68 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass Glass 7i

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

Yes

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.18 %

Design

Height

146.7 mm

153.9 mm

162.48 mm

Width

71.5 mm

73 mm

77.27 mm

Thickness

7.6 mm

9 mm

7.39 mm

Weight

174 grams

183 grams

189 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Plastic

Back: Polycarbonate

Water Resistance

Yes Water resistant IP68 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 6 meter)

Yes Water resistant IP68

Yes Water resistant IP68 IP66 IP69K IP69 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter)

Ruggedness

Dust proof

Rear Camera

Rear Camera Rating

Very Good

Resolution

12 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoom 2x Optical Zoomf/1.6 Wide Angle1/1.9" sensor size Sensor-shift Image Stabilization 1.7µm pixel size

48 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.725 mm focal length 1/2" sensor size

50 MP
Primary Camera15x Digital Zoomf/1.8823 mm focal length 1/1.56" sensor size LYT 700C CMOS image sensor 1µm pixel size

12 MP
f/2.4 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera13 mm focal length

13 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera22 mm focal length 1/3.1" sensor size

8 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Dual Pixel Autofocus

N/A

Yes

OIS

Yes

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

N/A

3072 x 4096 Pixels

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

N/A

Cinema Mode
Macro Mode

Camera Features

5 x Digital Zoom
2 x Optical Zoom
Apple ProRAW
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

5 x Digital Zoom

15 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

Video Recording Features

Slow Motion
Video HDR
Night Time-Lapse
Action Mode
Audio Zoom
Stereo recording

N/A

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Very Good

Resolution

12 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera23 mm focal length 1/3.6" sensor size

13 MP
f/2.2 Primary Camera

13 MP
f/2.2 Wide Angle Primary Camera24 mm focal length

Autofocus

N/A

Flash

Yes Retina Flash

Yes

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

N/A

Wide Angle Selfie

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @120 fps

4k @30 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30/60 fps
HD @30 fps

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Capacity

3227 mAh

5100 mAh

6500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

Quick Charging

Yes 20W Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 45W Fast Charging

Yes 45W Super Charging 50% in 28 minutes

Wireless Charging

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Yes

N/A

Battery Test Results

Battery Life (PC Mark) (The higher, the better) PCMark Battery benchmark measures battery life of a phone with various activities such as web browsing, photo editing, writing, video editing, etc.

N/A

13h 54m

10h 40m

Charging Time (20% to 100%) (The lower, the better)

1h 33m 17s

1h 26m

1h 15m

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB

256 GB

256 GB / 512 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 3.1

UFS 2.2

Expandable Storage

N/A

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Dual SIM

SIM Type

SIM1: Nano SIM2: eSIM

SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano

Network Support

5G 4G

VoLTE

Yes

SIM 1

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N20 / N25 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N71 / N77 / N78 / N79

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N19 / N20 / N26 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N66 / N75 / N77 / N78 / N79

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N14 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N70 / N71
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N39 / N48 / N70 / N71 / N77 / N78

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 13) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1900(band 25) / 850(band 26) / 2300(band 30)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 7009(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1500(band 21) / 850(band 26)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 600(band 71) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 800(band 20) / 700(band 29) / 700 (band 12)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

N/A

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N18 / N20 / N25 / N26 / N28 / N66 / N70 / N71
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N39 / N66 / N70 / N71 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 3500(band 42)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 12) / 700(band 17) / 850(band 18) / 800(band 20) / 600(Band 71) / 700(band 29) / 1700(band 66) / 700 (band 12)