Pixel 7 vs OnePlus 10 Pro, Xiaomi 12 Pro, Vivo X80 battery drain test: which flagship wins?

Flagship phones are all about premium user experience with the help of premium hardware and software experiences. When it comes to flagships, we usually talk about the chipset that delivers lag-free performance, superior camera experiences, immersive display and sound experience. While battery life and charging speed are equally important, they are generally given somewhat less importance in, for example, the Samsung S-series and Apple iPhones. Pixel 7 vs OnePlus 10 Pro, Xiaomi 12 ProAnd Vivo X80 Android is the latest flagship phones in the world.

The folks at MySmartPrice performed battery drain and charging tests on these smartphones, with each device set at maximum brightness level and performance modes. The results are here but before that we bring you a table with the battery capacities of each phone.

Pixel 7 vs OnePlus 10 Pro vs Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Vivo X80 Battery Test

Battery drain test Begins with two hours of video playback and speaker tests. At the 2-hour mark, the Xiaomi 12 Pro consumed less battery than the others. The phone’s battery dropped to 84 percent, with the OnePlus 10 Pro coming in second at 83 percent. The Vivo X80 and Pixel 7 dropped to 79 and 78 percent, respectively. Note that the OnePlus 10 Pro has a 5000mAh battery, which is the highest among the tested phones.

Moving on, the video continues with the benchmark scores. For some reason, the Pixel 7 doesn’t seem to be supported by Geekbench 5 so the test skips it and goes ahead with the AnTuTu benchmarking app. It showed that the Pixel 7 was the lowest scoring phone while the Dimension 9000 powered Vivo X80 was the highest. These tests took an hour and after a total of three hours of use, the Xiaomi 12 Pro and Pixel 7 had the same 54 percent battery percentage, the Vivo X80 was at 50 percent, and the OnePlus 10 Pro had a significantly lower battery, settling at 49 percent. .

The flagship phones went through a quick round of video recording tests for 30 minutes. By the end of the test, the Xiaomi 12 Pro had dropped to 23 percent, while the Pixel 7, Vivo X80 and OnePlus 10 Pro were at 21 percent and 18 percent, respectively.

Finally, the phones spent two hours on social media. With 5 hours and 58 minutes of screen time, the OnePlus 10 Pro came last, followed by the Vivo X80 with 6 hours and 5 minutes of screen time, the Xiaomi 12 Pro with 6 hours and 9 minutes and the Pixel 7 with 6. Hours 17 minutes. It’s pretty clear that the Pixel 7 has taken the crown with the biggest screen of its time.

Pixel 7 vs OnePlus 10 Pro vs Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Vivo X80 Battery Results

After all, the phones are dead, the MySmartPrice video shows the phones being put to the quick charging test again. The Xiaomi 12 Pro took just 35 minutes to fully charge, thanks to 120W fast charging support. This is followed by the OnePlus 10 Pro in just 42 minutes, courtesy of 80W charging speed. The Vivo X80 took 58 minutes to fully charge, while the Pixel 7 took 1 hour and 52 minutes to charge.