Google Pixel 10 Pro XL vs iPhone 15 Pro

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Google

8.6

Best Android, weak silicon

iPhone 15 Pro

Apple

8.6

Smaller, lighter Pro — same A17 + USB-C 3.0, no 5x periscope

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

What Reviewers Agree On

6.8-inch LTPO OLED at 3,300 nits peak is class-leading — 'the slimmest bezels, the Pro XL achieves the highest screen to body ratio for a stunning all-screen experience' per ZONEofTECH.
5,200 mAh battery + 45W wired + 25W Qi2.2 wireless = the family's best charging spec — 'it's that updated quicker 45W charging, and it genuinely has been just the best upgrade on the phone' per a 6-month long-term reviewer.
Same triple-camera system as the Pro (50MP main + 48MP ultrawide + 48MP 5x telephoto) — Phone Arena tested it against a full-frame Canon and found it competitive in most categories.
Vapor chamber cooling — 'because of the tensor chip and of course the vapor chamber, which by the way is only on the Pixel 10 Pro XL, not the 10 Pro' — only XL model gets active thermal management.
256GB minimum storage with UFS 4.0 — Stuff: 'thumbs up for coming with 256GB of on-board storage as standard, rather than the measly 128GB you got on last year's Pixel 9 Pro XL.'

Pros & Cons

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Pros

6.8-inch LTPO OLED at 3,300 nits peak is class-leading — 'the slimmest bezels, the Pro XL achieves the highest screen to body ratio for a stunning all-screen experience' per ZONEofTECH.
5,200 mAh battery + 45W wired + 25W Qi2.2 wireless = the family's best charging spec — 'it's that updated quicker 45W charging, and it genuinely has been just the best upgrade on the phone' per a 6-month long-term reviewer.
Same triple-camera system as the Pro (50MP main + 48MP ultrawide + 48MP 5x telephoto) — Phone Arena tested it against a full-frame Canon and found it competitive in most categories.
Vapor chamber cooling — 'because of the tensor chip and of course the vapor chamber, which by the way is only on the Pixel 10 Pro XL, not the 10 Pro' — only XL model gets active thermal management.

Detailed Comparison

Cameras

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Same triple-camera system as the Pixel 10 Pro — 50MP main f/1.7 + 48MP ultrawide + 48MP 5x telephoto, with new AI Pro Zoom for cloud-enhanced shots beyond 30x. SuperSaf's comparison: 'the Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL have exactly the same camera hardware.' Phone Arena tested it against a full-frame Canon. Pocket-lint's verdict on the platform: 'best Android smartphone you can buy.'

Camera hardware identical to Pixel 10 Pro: '50 megapixel main with an f/1.68 aperture, a 48 megapixel ultrawide, and a 48 megap telephoto' per a Pro XL hands-on review.
Android Authority verdict: 'Google Pixel 10 Pro XL review: The best Android phone gets even better.'
Tested against a full-frame Canon per Phone Arena: 'Google's latest Pixel 10 Pro XL, in particular, brags about having the best smartphone camera... I tested the Pixel 10 Pro XL camera against a full-frame Canon.'
AI Pro Zoom mechanics per SuperSaf: 'this new AI pro zoom which kicks in when you go beyond 30 times' — cloud-enhanced detail-fill for super-long zoom shots, exclusive to Pro tier.

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Deal Breakers

Tensor G5 falls behind every competitor flagship — same 88% / 67% / 55% (single / multi / GPU) gap vs Galaxy S25 Edge as the Pro tier, and benchmarks badly against iPhone 17 Pro Max.
$1,199 entry price ($300 over Pixel 10 Pro, matching iPhone 16 Pro Max) — a long-term reviewer: 'a price point of $1,199 USD or $1,629 Canadian, which is $1,840 after tax here, I don't know if Google did enough with this upgrade.'
Battery drain test loss: 'The Pixel 10 Pro XL went down at 11 hours 4 minute and that is disappointing cuz there's no improvement whatsoever' — behind OnePlus 13 (11h 54m), S25 Ultra (12h 3m), iPhone (12h 42m), Xiaomi (12h 50m) on PUBG sustained gaming drain.
Sustained CPU throttling per Notebookcheck: '54% of its max CPU performance' under sustained load — the vapor chamber doesn't fully offset the Tensor G5's thermal ceiling.
128GB option dropped — 'the 128 gigs option is gone for the XL... entry price is now higher by default' (SuperSaf); Stuff calls the previous 'measly 128GB' an embarrassment, but the new 256GB minimum is what bumps the starting price.

iPhone 15 Pro

What Reviewers Agree On

Grade-5 titanium frame drops weight to 187g (~19g lighter than 14 Pro) — most-praised in-hand feel of any small flagship
Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM, NVMe — same performance as the $200-more Pro Max
Same USB-C 3.0 (10Gbps), Action Button, ProMotion 120Hz, 2000-nit peak as the Pro Max — Pro features in a compact body
Same Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18+ — future-proofs through iOS 23+ in 2030s
Genuinely pocketable 6.1-inch flagship — increasingly rare in a 6.7"+ Pro-Max-dominant market
WIRED 8/10 — 'iPhone 15 Pro is the small Pro that finally tempts large-Pro owners'

Deal Breakers

No 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple gated it to Pro Max only, leaving the Pro stuck at 3x optical telephoto
$999 base is 128GB (vs Pro Max's $1,199 / 256GB) — feels stingy at the Pro price
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in early units, iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate
Battery regressed slightly vs the 14 Pro in several real-world tests — owners coming from older iPhones may notice
Titanium frame discolors from hand oils, matte finish picks up fingerprints visibly — same complaint as Pro Max

Cons

Tensor G5 falls behind every competitor flagship — same 88% / 67% / 55% (single / multi / GPU) gap vs Galaxy S25 Edge as the Pro tier, and benchmarks badly against iPhone 17 Pro Max.
$1,199 entry price ($300 over Pixel 10 Pro, matching iPhone 16 Pro Max) — a long-term reviewer: 'a price point of $1,199 USD or $1,629 Canadian, which is $1,840 after tax here, I don't know if Google did enough with this upgrade.'
Battery drain test loss: 'The Pixel 10 Pro XL went down at 11 hours 4 minute and that is disappointing cuz there's no improvement whatsoever' — behind OnePlus 13 (11h 54m), S25 Ultra (12h 3m), iPhone (12h 42m), Xiaomi (12h 50m) on PUBG sustained gaming drain.
Sustained CPU throttling per Notebookcheck: '54% of its max CPU performance' under sustained load — the vapor chamber doesn't fully offset the Tensor G5's thermal ceiling.
128GB option dropped — 'the 128 gigs option is gone for the XL... entry price is now higher by default' (SuperSaf); Stuff calls the previous 'measly 128GB' an embarrassment, but the new 256GB minimum is what bumps the starting price.

iPhone 15 Pro

Pros

Grade-5 titanium frame drops weight to 187g (~19g lighter than 14 Pro) — most-praised in-hand feel of any small flagship
Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM, NVMe — same performance as the $200-more Pro Max
Same USB-C 3.0 (10Gbps), Action Button, ProMotion 120Hz, 2000-nit peak as the Pro Max — Pro features in a compact body
Same Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18+ — future-proofs through iOS 23+ in 2030s
Genuinely pocketable 6.1-inch flagship — increasingly rare in a 6.7"+ Pro-Max-dominant market
WIRED 8/10 — 'iPhone 15 Pro is the small Pro that finally tempts large-Pro owners'

Cons

No 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple gated it to Pro Max only, leaving the Pro stuck at 3x optical telephoto
$999 base is 128GB (vs Pro Max's $1,199 / 256GB) — feels stingy at the Pro price
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in early units, iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate
Battery regressed slightly vs the 14 Pro in several real-world tests — owners coming from older iPhones may notice
Titanium frame discolors from hand oils, matte finish picks up fingerprints visibly — same complaint as Pro Max

iPhone 15 Pro

48MP main + 12MP ultrawide + 12MP 3x telephoto + 12MP TrueDepth front. The notable miss vs the Pro Max is no 5x Tetraprism periscope — the Pro is stuck at 3x optical, the first time Apple meaningfully gated zoom by phone size.

Cameras: 48MP main (f/1.78, sensor-shift OIS), 12MP ultrawide (f/2.2), 12MP 3x telephoto (77mm, f/2.8), 12MP TrueDepth selfie.
NO 5x Tetraprism periscope — Apple kept it Pro Max exclusive. The 15 Pro caps at 3x optical telephoto with computational zoom to 15x.
48MP main + ProRAW + ProRes via USB-C 3.0 enable creator-grade workflows the smaller phone can now handle.
Daylight photo quality matches the Pro Max — sensor, processing and software are identical except the periscope.
vs Pixel 8 Pro at $999: Google's Tensor G3 wins on computational tricks (Magic Eraser, Magic Editor, Best Take); iPhone wins on natural color and video stabilization.

Performance

Google Pixel 10 Pro XL

Tensor G5 on TSMC 3nm, 16GB RAM, vapor chamber cooling (Pro XL only). Benchmarks 34% faster than Tensor G4 per GSMArena, but still 88% single-core / 67% multi-core / 55% GPU vs Galaxy S25 Edge. Vapor chamber helps sustain higher clocks longer than the smaller Pro, but doesn't close the gap to Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5.

Tensor G5 + 16GB RAM + 3nm TSMC fab — 'In the multi-core Geekbench run, the new model scored 34% faster than the G4 on the 9 Pro XL, just as advertised' per GSMArena.
Same competitor benchmark gap per Linus: 'getting around 88% of the single core performance, 67% of the multi-core performance, and just 55% of the GPU performance' vs Galaxy S25 Edge — Pro XL doesn't escape the Tensor ceiling.
Vapor chamber exclusive to Pro XL: 'because of the tensor chip and of course the vapor chamber, which by the way is only on the Pixel 10 Pro XL, not the 10 Pro' — sustained-load advantage over the Pro.
Notebookcheck stress test: 'the Pixel 10 Pro XL displayed significant thermal throttling, going down to 54% of its max CPU performance' — vapor chamber softens but doesn't eliminate Tensor G5's thermal ceiling.
Genshin per GSMArena: 'a visually demanding title such as Genshin Impact cannot maintain 60fps on the Pixel 10 Pro XL at its maximum settings, and the phone would routinely drop into the 50s or even the 40s.'
Real-world fluidity verdict per 3-month review: 'the Pixel UI is generally really fluid and the Tensor chip still holds up enough that day-to-day usage is wicked fast and smooth.'
Video export benchmark vs Galaxy: 'The Galaxy is exporting the project 35% faster than the Pixel, allowing it to move on to the browser test as the Pixel is still chugging along' — sustained workload gap is real.

iPhone 15 Pro

Same A17 Pro 3nm chip with hardware ray tracing, 8GB RAM and NVMe storage as the Pro Max. Apple Intelligence on iOS 18+ requires this chip. Launch overheating issues real but largely fixed via iOS 17.0.3.

A17 Pro 3nm with 8GB RAM and NVMe storage — fastest mobile silicon at launch, identical to the Pro Max.
Apple Intelligence support on iOS 18.1+ — A17 Pro is the minimum chip required, future-proofs the phone.
Hardware ray tracing enables console-grade ports: Resident Evil 4, Death Stranding, Assassin's Creed Mirage run natively.
Launch overheating: A17 Pro ran hot in gaming and 4K shoots; iOS 17.0.3 mitigated but didn't fully eliminate — affects the smaller Pro slightly more due to thermal headroom.
In 2025, A17 Pro remains an absolute performer for everyday + intensive use — aged extremely well.