Both Canon T6i and Sony A7 have 24.0 MP resolution sensors but Canon T6i's sensor is APS-C (22.3 x 14.9 mm ) and Sony A7's sensor is Full frame (35.8 x 23.9 mm ).
Since Sony A7's has a larger sensor area with the same resolution, this means that it also has a larger pixel area hence better light collecting capacity for a given aperture compared to Canon T6i.
Below you can see the T6i and A7 sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Sony A7 has a 2.6x Larger sensor area than Canon T6i. Larger sensors give photographer more control on the depth of field and blurry background compared to smaller sensor when shot in same focal length and aperture.
DxOMark Sensor Scores
DxOMark is a benchmark that scientifically assesses image quality of camera sensors. It scores camera sensors for color depth (DXO Portrait), dynamic range (DXO Landscape) and low-light sensitivity (DXO Sports), and also gives them an overall score. Canon T6i and Sony A7 sensors have been tested by DxO and the results show that A7 has a better overall score of 90, 19 points higher compared to T6i's score of 71.
Model |
Overall |
Color Depth |
Dynamic Range |
Low-light ISO |
Canon T6i |
71 |
22.7 bits |
12.0 Evs |
919 ISO |
Sony A7 |
90 |
24.8 bits |
14.2 Evs |
2248 ISO |