Not in my experience, my family and friends with iPhones are normally struggling with their battery life as much as Android users, it depends on the usage, here some comparisons of testing between the Piixel and the iPhone:

Battery Life: Both brands’ latest models typically last 1–1.5 days with moderate use (e.g., web browsing, calls, light gaming).

Charging Speed: Pixel 10 series supports faster wired charging (30W–45W) compared to iPhone 16’s 20W. The Pixel 10 Pro XL achieves 70% in 30 minutes, while others reach ~50%.

Testing Variability: Battery life depends on factors like screen brightness, always-on display, and app usage. For instance, disabling always-on display can extend battery life by ~20%.

Sources: Data is compiled from reviews and tests, including PCMag, GSMArena, and WIRED.

Additional Notes:

If you use an Android device you have more room for actions leading to more battery life. You can go to the app info of any app and remove its capability to background usage increasing considerably your battery life of you do that with the usual drainers like telegram and other social Apps, but not exclusively, I personally do that with most apps but Chat apps and my battery last a full day even with heavy use, just keep the screen as dimmed as possible since the screen time is the make contributor, having a dark theme in your mobile UI and apps you use adds up as well.

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Coming back to your main question, which was battery size, both batteries are indeed different, Pixel 10 Pro, for instance has a battery about 1000mAh larger capacity than the one from the iPhone 16 Pro.

Now both mobiles have a similar battery performance under heavy usage despite the size difference, but consider my answer above, the iPhone does the job for the user to dim the screen and keep the background apps dormant aggressively, while the Android user has the freedom to choose what is allowed in the background to work.

That being said... iPhone ... 👎