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Google Pixel 10vsNothing Phone (3)

The short answer

Choose the Nothing Phone (3) for peak brightness, more base storage, battery life per charge, battery lifespan and faster charging. Choose the Pixel 10 for typical brightness. Both cost £699 at UK RRP. The Pixel 10 gets security updates for longer: until August 2032, against July 2032 for the Nothing Phone (3).

Released
2025-08-28endoflife.date, retrieved 2026-08-20
Price
£699Google Store UK, retrieved 2026-09-11
Security updates until
2032-08-01endoflife.date — Pixel, retrieved 2026-08-20
Released
2025-07-15GSMArena — Nothing Phone (3) specifications, retrieved 2026-08-20
Price
£699Nothing UK store — Phone (3), retrieved 2026-08-20
Security updates until
2032-07-15Nothing UK — Phone (3), retrieved 2026-08-20

1 win for Pixel 105 wins for Nothing Phone (3)1 gap borderline2 differences you won’t noticeSame RRP

Verdict: Nothing Phone (3) ahead on 5 rows, Pixel 10 on 1 row

On the makers’ published figures, the Pixel 10 wins on typical brightness (2,000 nits against 800 nits); the Phone (3) wins on peak brightness (4,500 nits against 3,000 nits), storage (base) (256 GB against 128 GB), battery per charge (56.38 h against 49.38 h), battery lifespan (1,400 cycles against 1,000 cycles) and fast charging (65 W against 30 W). One gap is borderline, a difference most people would not notice: display size (6.67 in against 6.3 in) for the Phone (3). The differences in weight and battery capacity are below the thresholds you would notice. Both state the same refresh rate, RAM and wireless charging. The other 34 rows have no threshold or no direction to judge by, so nobody wins them.

True to scale

Pixel 10 · 152.8 × 72.0 mmPhone (3) · 160.60 × 75.59 mm

Outlines from each maker’s published dimensions, drawn to scale. Corner rounding is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

A win is marked only where the figures can be ranked and the gap is one you could notice. A row the site has no threshold for says whether the two differ, and that it is not ranking them. = marks the same figure on both, ≠ not ranked a difference with no ranking. Every figure carries its source.

Body

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
DimensionsDiffers, but not ranked.
152.8 x 72.0 x 8.6 mmOfficial
160.60 x 75.59 x 8.99 mmOfficial
Weight
204gOfficial
218gOfficial

You won’t notice this difference.

BuildDiffers, but not ranked.
Gorilla Glass Victus 2 cover glass, Gorilla Glass Victus 2 polished back, satin finish spacecraft-grade aluminium frameOfficial
Corning Gorilla Glass 7i front and back, precision-machined anti-fingerprint aluminium frameOfficial
SIMDiffers, but not ranked.
Dual SIM (single nano-SIM and eSIM) — ROWOfficial
Dual SIM, Nano-SIM (4FF) + eSIMOfficial
Water/dust ratingSame.
IP68Official
IP68Official
UnlockDiffers, but not ranked.
Fingerprint Unlock, Face UnlockOfficial
In-display fingerprint sensorOfficial

Display

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Display typeDiffers, but not ranked.
Super Actua OLED, Smooth Display 60–120 Hz, HDROfficial
6.67" flexible AMOLED, 120 Hz adaptive, 10-bitOfficial
Display size
6.3inOfficial
6.67inOfficial

Marginal — most people won’t notice.

ResolutionDiffers, but not ranked.
1080 x 2424Official
1260 x 2800Official
Pixel densityDiffers, but not ranked.
422ppiOfficial
460ppiOfficial
Refresh rateSame.
120HzOfficial
120HzOfficial
Peak brightness
3000nitsOfficial
4500nitsOfficialwins this row

Phone (3) is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

Typical brightness
2000nitsOfficialwins this row
800nitsOfficial

Pixel 10 is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

HDR peak brightness
2000nitsOfficial
No verified data
Screen protectionDiffers, but not ranked.
Corning Gorilla Glass Victus 2Official
Corning Gorilla Glass 7iOfficial

Platform

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Operating systemDiffers, but not ranked.
Android 16Official
Nothing OS 4 powered by Android 16Official
ChipsetDiffers, but not ranked.
Google Tensor G5Official
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8S Gen 4Official
CPUDiffers, but not ranked.
Octa-core (1x3.78 GHz Cortex-X4 & 5x3.05 GHz Cortex-A725 & 2x2.25 GHz Cortex-A520)3rd party
Qualcomm Kryo 8-core, up to 3.21 GHz (1x Cortex-X4 up to 3.2 GHz + 7x Cortex-A720 up to 3.0 GHz)Official
GPUDiffers, but not ranked.
PowerVR DXT-48-15363rd party
Qualcomm Adreno 825Official

Memory

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Storage (base)
128GBOfficial
256GBOfficialwins this row

Phone (3) is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

Storage optionsDiffers, but not ranked.
128GB/256GBOfficial
256GB/512GBOfficial
RAMSame.
12GBOfficial
12GBOfficial
Card slotSame.
No3rd party
No3rd party

Camera

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Main cameraDiffers, but not ranked.
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
50 MP main (f/1.68, 1/1.3") + 50 MP periscope (f/2.68, 3x optical) + 50 MP ultrawide (f/2.2, 114°) + 50 MP frontOfficial
Main sensor resolutionDiffers, but not ranked.
48MPOfficial
50MPOfficial
Main apertureDiffers, but not ranked.
f/1.70Official
f/1.68Official
Main sensor sizeDiffers, but not ranked.
1/2"Official
1/1.3"Official
TelephotoDiffers, but not ranked.
10.8MP Dual PD telephoto, 5x optical zoom, f/3.1, OISOfficial
50 MP periscope, f/2.68, 1/2.75", 3x optical zoom, 6x in-sensor zoom, 60x ultra zoom, OIS & EIS, autofocusOfficial
UltrawideDiffers, but not ranked.
13MP Quad PD Ultrawide, f/2.2, FOV 120°Official
50 MP, f/2.2, 114° FOV, 1/2.76"Official
Front cameraDiffers, but not ranked.
10.5MP dual PD selfie with auto-focus, f/2.2Official
50 MP, f/2.2, 1/2.76", 81.2° FOVOfficial
Video captureDiffers, but not ranked.
4K@24/30/60fps, 10-bit HDROfficial
Ultra XDR video at 60/30 fps; 1080p Ultra XDR at 60/30 fps; slo-mo 1080p 240/120 fps; time-lapse 4K/1080pOfficial

Battery

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Battery capacity
4970mAhOfficial
5150mAhOfficial

You won’t notice this difference.

Battery per charge
49.38hOfficial
56.38hOfficialwins this row

Phone (3) is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

Battery lifespan
1000cyclesOfficial
1400cyclesOfficialwins this row

Phone (3) is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

Fast charging
30WOfficial
65WOfficialwins this row

Phone (3) is ahead here, by a gap you’d notice.

Wireless chargingSame.
15WOfficial
15WOfficial

Connectivity

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Wi-FiDiffers, but not ranked.
Wi-Fi 6EOfficial
Wi-Fi 7, 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be, 2.4G/5G/6G tri-bandOfficial
BluetoothDiffers, but not ranked.
6Official
6.0Official
USBDiffers, but not ranked.
USB Type-C 3.2Official
USB Type-C 2.0, OTG3rd party
NFCSame.
YesOfficial
YesOfficial
PositioningDiffers, but not ranked.
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS, NavICOfficial
L1+L5 dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS, NavIC and SBASOfficial

Benchmarks

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
Geekbench 6 (CPU, multi-core)
53973rd party
No verified data
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
No verified data
42913rd party

Misc

SpecificationGoogle Pixel 10Nothing Phone (3)
ColoursDiffers, but not ranked.
Indigo, Frost, Lemongrass, ObsidianOfficial
White, BlackOfficial
SAR (EU, head)
0.99W/kgOfficial
No verified data
Repairability (EU class)Differs, but not ranked.
BOfficial
COfficial
5 attributes neither phone has a sourced figure for

OS versions supported · Google Mobile Services · Claimed video playback · AnTuTu benchmark · DXOMARK camera score. Rows appear as sources are cited — a gap in our data, not a statement about either phone.

Questions

Is the Pixel 10 better than the Nothing Phone (3)?

On the figures, neither is better overall: the Pixel 10 wins on typical brightness, 2,000 nits (Google) against 800 nits (Nothing UK); the Nothing Phone (3) wins on peak brightness, 4,500 nits (Nothing UK) against 3,000 nits (Google), storage (base), 256 GB (Nothing UK) against 128 GB (Google), battery per charge, 56.38 h against 49.38 h (both EU energy label), battery lifespan, 1,400 cycles against 1,000 cycles (both EU energy label) and fast charging, 65 W (Nothing UK) against 30 W (Google). Every other row is borderline, too close to notice, or not ranked.

Which has the better battery?

The Nothing Phone (3), by a gap you’d notice: battery per charge, 56.38 h against 49.38 h (both EU energy label). The Nothing Phone (3) is ahead on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: battery capacity, 5,150 mAh (Nothing UK) against 4,970 mAh (Google).

Which is lighter?

The Pixel 10 is lighter on paper, but not by a gap you’d notice: weight, 204 g (Google) against 218 g (Nothing UK).

Which has the brighter screen?

The Nothing Phone (3), by a gap you’d notice: peak brightness, 4,500 nits (Nothing UK) against 3,000 nits (Google). The Pixel 10, by a gap you’d notice: typical brightness, 2,000 nits (Google) against 800 nits (Nothing UK).

Which gets updates for longer?

The Pixel 10 gets security updates for longer: until August 2032, against July 2032 for the Nothing Phone (3). Sources: dates from endoflife.date and Nothing UK.

Which is cheaper?

Both cost £699 at UK RRP. Prices from Pixel 10: Google Store UK; Nothing Phone (3): Nothing UK store.

The pairs a buyer of either phone would also weigh. Any two phones in the catalogue can be compared from the chooser.