Head to head
NothingPhone (4a)vsGooglePixel 10
- Released
- 2026-03-05GSMArena — Nothing Phone (4a) specifications, retrieved 2026-08-21
- Price
- £379Nothing UK store — Phone (4a), retrieved 2026-08-21
- Released
- 2025-08-28endoflife.date, retrieved 2026-08-20
3 wins for Phone (4a)0 wins for Pixel 102 differences you won’t notice
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Specifications
A win is marked only where the figures can be ranked and the gap is one you could notice. Every figure carries its source.
Body
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Dimensions
163.9 x 77.5 x 8.5 mmOfficial
152.8 x 72.0 x 8.6 mmOfficial
Weight
205gOfficial
204gOfficial
You won’t notice this difference.
Build
Glass front (Gorilla Glass 7i), plastic frame, glass back3rd party
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 cover glass, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 polished back, satin finish spacecraft-grade aluminium frameOfficial
SIM
Dual SIM, Nano-SIM (4FF); eSIM: NoOfficial
Dual SIM (single nano-SIM and eSIM) — ROWOfficial
Water/dust rating
IP64Official
IP68Official
Display
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Display type
6.78" flexible AMOLED, 120 Hz adaptive, 10-bitOfficial
Super Actua OLED, Smooth Display 60–120 Hz, HDROfficial
Display size
6.78inOfficial
6.3inOfficial
Resolution
1224 x 2720Official
1080 x 2424Official
Pixel density
440ppiOfficial
422ppiOfficial
Refresh rate
120HzOfficial
120HzOfficial
You won’t notice this difference.
Peak brightness
4500nitsOfficial
3000nitsOfficial
Typical brightness
800nitsOfficial
2000nitsOfficial
Screen protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 7iOfficial
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2Official
Platform
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Operating system
Nothing OS 4.1 powered by Android 16Official
Android 16Official
Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7S Gen 4Official
Google Tensor G5Official
CPU
Qualcomm Kryo 8-core, up to 2.7 GHz (1 Prime up to 2.7 GHz + 3 Performance up to 2.4 GHz + 4 Efficiency up to 1.8 GHz)Official
Octa-core (1x3.78 GHz Cortex-X4 & 5x3.05 GHz Cortex-A725 & 2x2.25 GHz Cortex-A520)3rd party
GPU
Qualcomm Adreno 810Official
PowerVR DXT-48-15363rd party
Memory
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Storage (base)
128GBOfficial
128GBOfficial
Storage options
128GB/256GBOfficial
128GB/256GBOfficial
RAM
8GBOfficial
12GBOfficial
Card slot
No3rd party
No3rd party
Camera
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Main camera
50 MP main (f/1.88, 1/1.57") + 50 MP periscope (f/2.88, 3.5x optical) + 8 MP ultrawide (120°) + 32 MP frontOfficial
48MP Quad PD wide f/1.70; 13MP Quad PD ultrawide f/2.2 FOV 120°; 10.8MP Dual PD 5x telephoto f/3.1 OIS; 10.5MP dual PD selfie f/2.2Official
Main sensor resolution
50MPOfficial
48MPOfficial
Main aperture
f/1.88Official
f/1.70Official
Main sensor size
1/1.57"Official
1/2"Official
Telephoto
50 MP periscope, f/2.88, 1/2.75", 3.5x optical zoom, 7x in-sensor zoom, 70x ultra zoom, OIS & EIS, PDAFOfficial
10.8MP Dual PD telephoto, 5x optical zoom, f/3.1, OISOfficial
Ultrawide
8 MP, 120° FOV, 1/4"Official
13MP Quad PD Ultrawide, f/2.2, FOV 120°Official
Front camera
32 MP, f/2.2, 1/3.44", 89° FOVOfficial
10.5MP dual PD selfie with auto-focus, f/2.2Official
Video capture
4K@30fps; 1080p Ultra XDR@30fps; 1080p@30/60fps; slo-mo 1080p 120fps; time-lapse 4K/1080pOfficial
4K@24/30/60fps, 10-bit HDROfficial
Battery
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Battery capacity
5080mAhOfficial
4970mAhOfficial
Battery per charge
51.45hOfficial
49.38hOfficial
Marginal — most people won’t notice.
Battery lifespan
1400cyclesOfficial
1000cyclesOfficial
Fast charging
50WOfficial
30WOfficial
Marginal — most people won’t notice.
Wireless charging
No verified data
15WOfficial
Connectivity
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax, 2.4G/5GOfficial
Wi-Fi 6EOfficial
Bluetooth
5.4Official
6Official
USB
USB Type-C 2.0, OTG3rd party
USB Type-C 3.2Official
NFC
YesOfficial
YesOfficial
Positioning
GPS (L1), GLONASS (G1), BDS (B1I), GALILEO (E1), QZSS (L1)Official
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS, NavICOfficial
Misc
Nothing Phone (4a)Google Pixel 10
Colours
White, Black, Pink, BlueOfficial
Indigo, Frost, Lemongrass, ObsidianOfficial
SAR (EU, head)
No verified data
0.99W/kgOfficial
Repairability (EU class)
COfficial
BOfficial
4 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for
Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core) · AnTuTu benchmark · 3DMark Wild Life Extreme · DXOMARK camera score. Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.