Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro vs Google Pixel 8a
Here we compared two mid-range smartphones: the 6.83-inch Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4) that was released on April 24, 2025, against the Google Pixel 8a, which is powered by Google Tensor G3 and came out 1 year before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro
- Comes with 3058 mAh larger battery capacity: 7550 vs 4492 mAh
- 83% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2160K versus 1179K)
- Has a 0.73 inch larger screen size
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (90W versus 18W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Compatible with the latest Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- Thinner bezels – 8.8% more screen real estate
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8a
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+1)
- Weighs 31 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.23 mm narrower
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
Choose the importance of each parameter to more accurately identify the smartphone that best meets your particular needs.
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.83 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1280 x 2772 pixels | 1080 x 2400 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 20:9 |
| PPI | 447 ppi | 430 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (60-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1800 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 3200 nits | 1400 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touch sampling rate | 480 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Corning Gorilla Glass 3 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 81.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | - | 99.1% |
| PWM | - | 120 Hz |
| Response time | - | 2 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
Redmi Turbo 4 Pro
6.83″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.7 in2
Pixel 8a
6.1″ (20:9 ratio) = 13.9 in2
~27% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) | 152.1 mm (5.99 inches) |
| Width | 77.93 mm (3.07 inches) | 72.7 mm (2.86 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) |
| Weight | 219 g (7.72 oz) | 188 g (6.63 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP67 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Plastic |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green | White, Black, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | Yes, in-display |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | Google Tensor G3 |
| Max clock | 3210 MHz | 3000 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 9 (1 + 4 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.02 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 2 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.21 GHz: Cortex-X4 | - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715 - 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Graphics | Adreno 825 | Mali-G715 MP7 |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1150 MHz | 890 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2355.2 GFLOPS | ~1594.8 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| Geekbench Compute (GPU) | 18525 | 6350 |
| Single-core score | 2154 | 1683 |
| Multi-core score | 6880 | 4330 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 10
| CPU | 466100 | 363260 |
| GPU | 938050 | 396428 |
| Memory | 431133 | 189558 |
| UX | 325261 | 229977 |
| Total score | 2160544 | 1179223 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [5 tests] |
Memory
| RAM size | 12, 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4800 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256, 512, 1024 GB | 128, 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.1 | UFS 3.1 |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) |
| ROM | HyperOS 2.0 | Stock Android |
| OS size | - | 18.4 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 7550 mAh | 4492 mAh |
| Max charge power | 90 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 27 min) | Yes (33% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:00 hr | 2:09 hr |
| Web browsing | - | 08:15 hr |
| Watching video | - | 13:00 hr |
| Gaming | - | 04:54 hr |
| Standby | - | 86 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 64 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 9000 x 7000 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 8 MP | 1) Standard: 64 MP 2) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 64 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.5 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | Sony IMX787 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" | 1/1.73" |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 0.8 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 8 MP | 13 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | - |
| Sensor | Sony IMX355 | Sony IMX712 |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" | 1/3.06" |
| Pixel size | 1.14 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 60 |
| Preview | - | 71 |
| Zoom | - | 126 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Google Pixel 8a from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 20 megapixels | 13 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | - |
| Focal length | 25 mm | - |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV20B | - |
| Sensor size | 1/4.0" | - |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | - |
| Autofocus | No | - |
| Stabilization | Digital | - |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 30 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 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| 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 | No | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | - | 20 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | - | No |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Announced | April 2025 | May 2024 |
| Release date | April 2025 | May 2024 |
| Launch price | - | $499 |
| Configurations | - 12 / 256 GB - 12 / 512 GB - 16 / 256 GB - 16 / 512 GB - 16 / 1024 GB | - 8 / 128 GB - 8 / 256 GB |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 90 W | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

