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Google Pixel 4 vs Apple iPhone 8

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Google Pixel 4 vs Apple iPhone 8

56 out of 100
Google Pixel 4
VS
49 out of 100
Apple iPhone 8
Google Pixel 4
Apple iPhone 8

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 5.7-inch Google Pixel 4 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855) that was released on October 15, 2019, against the Apple iPhone 8, which is powered by Apple A11 Bionic and came out 25 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

  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 Google Pixel 4
  • Has 3x more RAM: 6GB versus 2GB
  • Has a 1 inch larger screen size
  • Comes with 979 mAh larger battery capacity: 2800 vs 1821 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 90 Hz
  • The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Thinner bezels – 14.4% more screen real estate
  • Modern USB Type-C port
  • 36% higher pixel density (444 vs 326 PPI)
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • 33% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (549K versus 413K)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X 2133 MHz
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 8
  • Shows 23% longer battery life (22:48 vs 18:36 hours)
  • Delivers 45% higher peak brightness (644 against 443 nits)
  • Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Google
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • 15% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 1039 and 900 points
  • Weighs 14 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 4 and Apple iPhone 8 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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation

Value for money

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 4
vs
iPhone 8

Display

Type POLED IPS LCD
Size 5.7 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2280 pixels 750 x 1334 pixels
Aspect ratio 19:9 16:9
PPI 444 ppi 326 ppi
Refresh rate 90 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 450 nits 625 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10 No
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 79.8% 65.4%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display 		-
Display tests
RGB color space 95.5% 99.9%
PWM 367 Hz Not detected
Response time 2.4 ms 22 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity 1373:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel 4
443 nits
iPhone 8 +45%
644 nits

Design and build

Height 147.1 mm (5.79 inches) 138.4 mm (5.45 inches)
Width 68.8 mm (2.71 inches) 67.3 mm (2.65 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.3 mm (0.29 inches)
Weight 162 g (5.71 oz) 148 g (5.22 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP67
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Orange Silver, Gold, Gray
Fingerprint scanner No Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 4 +22%
79.8%
iPhone 8
65.4%

Performance

Tests of Google Pixel 4 and Apple iPhone 8 in the benchmarks
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Apple A11 Bionic
Max clock 2840 MHz 2100 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
- 3 cores at 2.42 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
- 1 core at 2.84 GHz: Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 		- 4 cores at 1.42 GHz: Mistral
- 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon
L3 cache 2 MB -
Lithography process 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Graphics Adreno 640 Apple A11 GPU
GPU shading units 768 192
GPU clock 585 MHz 1066 MHz
FLOPS ~898.5 GFLOPS ~409.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Pixel 4
900
iPhone 8 +15%
1039
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Pixel 4
2618
iPhone 8 +3%
2692
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
Pixel 4 +33%
549054
iPhone 8
413559
CPU 175351 130384
GPU 153028 91667
Memory 85362 83818
UX 134196 104393
Total score 549054 413559
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Pixel 4
3045
iPhone 8 +3%
3135
Max surface temperature 39 °C 45.4 °C
Stability 79% 62%
Graphics test 18 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 3045 3135
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7221 -
Video editing 7058 -
Photo editing 23826 -
Data manipulation 8960 -
Writing score 12171 -

Memory

RAM
RAM size 6 GB 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory clock 2133 MHz -
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64, 128 GB 64, 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.0 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 10 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) iOS 11 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5)
OS size 9.55 GB 6 GB

Battery

Capacity 2800 mAh 1821 mAh
Max charge power 18 W 15 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (11 W) Yes, Qi (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:20 hr 1:15 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:04 hr 08:04 hr
Watching video 08:41 hr 08:37 hr
Gaming 03:09 hr 03:56 hr
Standby 62 hr 82 hr
General battery life
Pixel 4
18:36 hr
iPhone 8 +23%
22:48 hr

Camera

Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera
Matrix 12.2 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4000 x 3000 4032 x 3024
Zoom Optical, 2x Digital
Flash LED Quad LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 119° -
Lenses 2 (12.2 MP + 16 MP) 1 (12 MP)
Wide (main) lens - 12.2 MP
- Aperture: f/1.7
- Focal length: 28 mm
- Pixel size: 1.4 micron
- Sensor: 1/2.55", Sony IMX363 (BSI CMOS)
- Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
- Optical stabilization
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8
- Focal length: 28 mm
- Pixel size: 1.22 micron
- Sensor: 1/3", Apple iSight Camera (BSI CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
Telephoto lens - 16 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4
- Focal length: 45 mm
- Pixel size: 1 micron
- Sensor: 1/3.09", Sony IMX481 (BSI CMOS)
- Phase autofocus
- Optical stabilization
-
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support 		- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 4 from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 8 from DxOMark
Selfie camera
Megapixels 8 megapixels 7 megapixels
Image resolution 3264 x 2448 3088 x 2320
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length 22 mm 32 mm
Pixel size 1.22 microns 1 microns
Sensor type CMOS BSI CMOS
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS

DxOMark camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic camera score

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display 		- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 5
Bluetooth features LE, A2DP LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C No
USB version 3.1 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG 		- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC * Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM * 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support * Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat * 18 16
5G support No No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pixel 4 +7%
85.6 dB
iPhone 8
80.1 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2019 September 2017
Release date November 2019 September 2017
SAR (head) 1.19 W/kg 1.35 W/kg
SAR (body) 1.39 W/kg 1.36 W/kg
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor 		- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
* 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 Google Pixel 4 is definitely a better buy.

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