Apple iPhone 13 vs Google Pixel 7A

Comparing the Apple iPhone 13 vs Google Pixel 7A 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 7A runs at 2.85 GHz, making Apple iPhone 13 the better performer.

Display: Both Apple iPhone 13 and Google Pixel 7A offer the same screen size of 6.1 inches, but Apple iPhone 13 features a Super Retina XDR display compared to Google Pixel 7A's OLED, making Apple iPhone 13 the better display of the two.

Rear Camera: Google Pixel 7A offers a higher rear camera resolution with 64 MP, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 12 MP, making Google Pixel 7A better for rear camera photography.

Front Camera: Google Pixel 7A offers a higher front camera resolution with 13 MP, while Apple iPhone 13 offers 12 MP, making Google Pixel 7A better for front camera photography.

Battery: Google Pixel 7A delivers longer battery life with 12h 26m, while Apple iPhone 13 delivers None, making Google Pixel 7A the better pick for all day usage.

Storage: Both Apple iPhone 13 and Google Pixel 7A offer the same internal storage of 128 GB.

Expert Review: Apple iPhone 13 receives a higher expert rating of 8 from the editorial team, while Google Pixel 7A is rated 7.

User Rating: Apple iPhone 13 receives a higher user rating of 4.6, while Google Pixel 7A has a rating of 4.1.

Apple iPhone 13

₹45,690

@ Croma

Google Pixel 7A

₹30,999

@ Flipkart

Summary

Release Date

17 Sep, 2021

11 May, 2023

09 Jul, 2026

Performance


Apple A15 Bionic	Google Tensor G2	Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Hexa Core (upto 3.23 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.85 GHz)	Octa Core (upto 2.8 GHz)
4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM	8 GB RAM

Display


6.1 inches (15.49 cm)	6.1 inches (15.49 cm)	6.32 inches (16.05 cm)
Super Retina XDR	OLED	AMOLED
1170x2532 px (FHD+)	1080x2400 px (FHD+)	1216x2640 px (FHD+)
60 Hz Refresh Rate	90 Hz Refresh Rate	120 Hz Refresh Rate

Rear Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera (upto 2x Optical Zoom)	64 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera	50 MP Wide Angle Primary Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)
12 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera	50 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Camera
N/A	N/A	50 MP Telephoto Camera (upto 3.5x Optical Zoom)

Front Camera


12 MP Wide Angle Lens	13 MP Ultra-Wide Angle Lens	50 MP Wide Angle Lens

Battery


3227 mAh	4385 mAh	6700 mAh
20W Fast Charging	18W Fast Charging	80W Super VOOC Charging
Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging	Wireless Charging

Storage

128 GB	128 GB	256 GB
NVMe	UFS 3.1	UFS 3.1

Expert Review

8.0/10

Read Expert Review

7.0/10

Read Expert Review

8.1/10

Read Expert Review

Pros

Excellent performer
Capable cameras
Long-lasting battery life

Top-notch photography
Refined, bloat free UI
Decent battery life
Good display

Impressive cameras
Standout design
Interesting AI features

Cons

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

Performance can feel lacking
Slow charging speeds
Comes only in 128GB storage

Pricey
Chipset could be better

User Ratings

4.6/5

(304,662 ratings)

4.1/5

(27,477 ratings)

N/A

Benchmarks (The higher, the better)

N/A	687,738 AnTuTu Score	1,457,989 AnTuTu Score
N/A	12h 26m Battery Life (PC Mark)	23h 00m Battery Life (PC Mark)

Compare Prices

₹45,690 @ Croma	₹30,999 @ Flipkart	₹61,999 @ Oppo.com
Not Available in any other store	Not Available in any other store	₹61,999 @ Amazon

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General

Launch Date

Sep 17, 2021

(Official)

May 11, 2023

(Official)

Jul 02, 2026

(Official)

Operating System

iOS v15

Android v13.0

Android v16

OS Updates

N/A

3 Years

5 Year

Security Updates

N/A

5 Years

6 Year

Custom UI

N/A

ColorOS

Performance

Performance Rating

Very Good

Chipset

Apple A15 Bionic

Google Tensor G2

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Processor

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

2.85 GHz, Dual core, Cortex X1 2.35 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A76 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55

Octa core

2.8 GHz, Single core, Cortex A720 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A725 1.84 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A520

Co-Processor

N/A

Titan M2

N/A

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

Fabrication (The lower, the better)

5 nm

4 nm

Graphics (GPU)

Apple GPU (four-core graphics)

Mali-G710 MP7

Adreno 722

RAM

4 GB

8 GB

8 GB / 12 GB

RAM Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5

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

687,738

1,457,989

Bootup Time (The lower, the better)

13.0 s

11.0 s

21.0 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

2,078

Battery Drain* (The lower, the better)

8.0 %

5.0 %

N/A

Heating* (The lower, the better)

21.8 %

30.3 %

N/A

* after 30 mins of gaming

Display

Display Rating

Excellent

Display Type

Super Retina XDR

OLED

AMOLED

Screen Size

6.1 inches (15.49 cm)

6.32 inches (16.05 cm)

Resolution

1170x2532 px (FHD+)

1080x2400 px (FHD+)

1216x2640 px (FHD+)

Peak Brightness

1200 nits

N/A

1800 nits

HBM Brightness

800 nits

N/A

1800 nits

Refresh Rate

60 Hz

90 Hz

120 Hz

Aspect Ratio

19.5:9

20:9

Pixel Density

457 ppi

431 ppi

460 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

86.89 %

81.07 %

89.34 %

Screen Protection

Yes

Corning Gorilla Glass v3

Yes

Bezel-less Display

Yes with notch

Yes with punch-hole display

HDR 10 / HDR+ Support

Yes

Yes HDR 10+

N/A

Screen to Body Ratio (claimed by the brand)

N/A

93.4 %

Design

Height

146.7 mm

152 mm

151.21 mm

Width

71.5 mm

72.9 mm

72.42 mm

Thickness

7.6 mm

9 mm

8.36 mm

Weight

174 grams

193.5 grams

193 grams

Build Material

Back: Gorilla Glass

Back: Plastic

N/A

Water Resistance

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

Yes Water resistant IP67 (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1 meter)

N/A

Ruggedness

Dust proof

N/A

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

64 MP
Primary Camera5x Digital Zoomf/1.89 Wide Angle 80° field-of-view26 mm focal length 1/1.7" sensor size IMX787 Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor 0.8µm pixel size

50 MP
Primary Camera18x Digital Zoom 3.5x Optical Zoomf/1.8 Wide Angle 79° field-of-view24 mm focal length

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

13 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Ultra-Wide Angle Camera16 mm focal length

N/A

50 MP
f/2.8 Telephoto Camera80 mm focal length

Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus Dual Pixel Autofocus

Yes Phase Detection Autofocus

Yes

OIS

Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash

Yes

Image Resolution

4000 x 3000 Pixels

9000 x 7000 Pixels

N/A

Settings

Exposure compensation ISO control

N/A

Shooting Modes

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)
Burst mode

Continuous Shooting
High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

N/A

Camera Features

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

5 x Digital Zoom
Auto Flash
Face detection
Touch to focus

18 x Digital Zoom
3.5 x Optical Zoom

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @240 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

4k @30/60 fps
Full HD @30/60/120/240 fps
HD @30/120/240 fps

Video Recording Features

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

Slow Motion
Stereo recording

Dual Video Recording
Slow Motion
Video HDR
Video Pro Mode

Front Camera

Front Camera Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Resolution

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

13 MP
f/2.2 Ultra-Wide Angle Primary Camera20 mm focal length 1.12µm pixel size

50 MP
f/2.0 Wide Angle Primary Camera18 mm focal length

Autofocus

N/A

Yes

Flash

Yes Retina Flash

N/A

Yes Screen flash

Camera Features

N/A

Fixed Focus

N/A

Video Recording

4k @60 fps
Full HD @120 fps

4k @30 fps
Full HD @30 fps

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

Battery

Battery Rating

Very Good

Excellent

Capacity

3227 mAh

4385 mAh

6700 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion

Li-Polymer

N/A

Quick Charging

Yes 20W Fast Charging 50% in 30 minutes

Yes 18W Fast Charging

Yes 80W Super VOOC Charging

Wireless Charging

Yes 15W Wireless Charging

Yes 7.5W Wireless Charging

Yes

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

12h 26m

23h 00m

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

1h 33m 17s

2h 21m 54s

1h 2m 0s

Storage

Internal Storage

128 GB / 256 GB / 512 GB

128 GB

256 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Expandable Storage

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 / N20 / N25
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N66 / N75 / N76 / N77 / N78 / N79

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N18 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N39 / N48 / N66 / 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 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 17) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 800(band 20) / 1500(band 21) / 1900(band 25)

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 3500(band 48) / 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43)
FD-LTE 1700(band 66) / 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 850(band 26)

SIM 2

4G Bands:

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N2 / N3 / N5 / N7 / N8 / N12 / N20 / N25 / N28
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N66 / N75 / N76 / N77 / N78 / N79

5G Bands:

FDD N1 / N3 / N5 / N8 / N18 / N26 / N28 / N66
TDD N38 / N40 / N41 / N48 / N39 / N66 / N77 / N78

N/A

4G Bands:

TD-LTE 2600(band 38) / 2300(band 40) / 2500(band 41) / 2100(band 34) / 1900(band 39) / 3500(band 42) / 3700(band 43) / 3500(band 48)
FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 850(band 18) / 850(band 19) / 850(band 26) / 1700(band 66)