Samsung Galaxy A13 vs Google Pixel 6 Pro
Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.6-inch Samsung Galaxy A13 (with Exynos 850) that was released on March 4, 2022, against the Google Pixel 6 Pro, which is powered by Google Tensor and came out 4 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy A13
- Shows 26% longer battery life (34:21 vs 27:15 hours)
- Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 6 Pro
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (869K versus 215K)
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Delivers 46% higher peak brightness (862 against 591 nits)
- 28% higher pixel density (512 vs 400 PPI)
- Handles wireless charging up to 23W
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Optical image stabilization
- Ability to record video in 4K resolution
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Stereo speakers
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
Value for money
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | PLS TFT | OLED |
| Size | 6.6 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2408 pixels | 1440 x 3120 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 400 ppi | 512 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes |
| Max rated brightness | 500 nits | 500 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 800 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, HDR10+ |
| Screen protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 5 | Gorilla Glass Victus |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 83.2% | 88.8% |
| Display features | - |
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 98.5% |
| PWM | Not detected | 360 Hz |
| Response time | 33 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1257:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) | 163.9 mm (6.45 inches) |
| Width | 76.4 mm (3.01 inches) | 75.9 mm (2.99 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 195 g (6.88 oz) | 210 g (7.41 oz) |
| Waterproof | No | IP68 |
| Rear material | Plastic | Glass |
| Frame material | Plastic | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue, Yellow | White, Black, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Samsung Exynos 850 | Google Tensor |
| Max clock | 2000 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (8) | 8 (2 + 2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 8 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55 |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex A55
- 2 cores at 2.25 GHz: Cortex A76 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-X1 |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Lithography process | 8 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G52 MP1 | Mali-G78 MP20 |
| GPU shading units | 24 | 1280 |
| GPU clock | 820 MHz | 848 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~39.4 GFLOPS | ~2170.9 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 77687 | 244572 |
| GPU | 39713 | 272616 |
| Memory | 46478 | 160815 |
| UX | 49905 | 190234 |
| Total score | 215691 | 869007 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Max surface temperature | 39.8 °C | 40.4 °C |
| Stability | 97% | 56% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 37 FPS |
| Graphics score | 508 | 6208 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 4821 | 8598 |
| Video editing | 4767 | 6884 |
| Photo editing | 7531 | 17970 |
| Data manipulation | 3227 | 11157 |
| Writing score | 4844 | 16291 |
Memory
| RAM size | 3, 4, 6 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | - | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 32, 64, 128 GB | 128, 256, 512 GB |
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | MicroSD | No |
| Memory card max size | Up to 1024 GB | - |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) |
| ROM | One UI Core 5.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | 16.5 GB | 14 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 5000 mAh | 5003 mAh |
| Max charge power | 15 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (23 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes, (wireless) |
| Fast charging | Yes (27% in 30 min) | Yes (50% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:18 hr | 1:59 hr |
| Web browsing | 11:49 hr | 08:47 hr |
| Watching video | 13:14 hr | 12:29 hr |
| Gaming | 06:54 hr | 04:43 hr |
| Standby | 122 hr | 93 hr |
General battery life
Camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 50 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8192 x 6144 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | No | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | - | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 114° |
| Lenses | 4 (50 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP + 2 MP) | 3 (50 MP + 48 MP + 12 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.64 micron - Sensor: 1/2.76", Samsung S5KJN1 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus |
- 50 MP
- Aperture: f/1.9 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.2 micron - Sensor: 1/1.31", Samsung GN1 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - |
- 48 MP
- Aperture: f/3.5 - Focal length: 104 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/2", Sony IMX586 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens |
- 5 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.12 micron - Sensor: 1/5" (CMOS) |
- 12 MP
- Aperture: f/2.2 - Pixel size: 1.25 micron - Sensor: 1/2.9", Sony IMX386 (Exmor-RS CMOS) |
| Macro lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 |
- |
| Depth lens |
- 2 MP
- Aperture: f/2.4 |
- |
| Camera features |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 6 Pro from DxOMark |
| Megapixels | 8 megapixels | 11.1 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3264 x 2448 | 3840 x 2880 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.0 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Pixel size | - | 1.22 microns |
| Sensor type | CMOS | CMOS |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features |
- Dual Band
- 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 | 5.2 |
| Bluetooth features | PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, HSP, HID, HFP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.1 |
| USB features |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode |
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC * | Depends on the region | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM * | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support * | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | - | No |
| LTE Cat * | 7 | 20 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Mono | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Budget | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2022 | October 2021 |
| Release date | March 2022 | October 2021 |
| SAR (head) | 0.37 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.39 W/kg | - |
| Sensors |
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 15 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 Google Pixel 6 Pro is definitely a better buy.