Both Olympus TG-4 and Ricoh WG-4 GPS have 16.0 MP resolution sensors but Olympus TG-4's sensor is (1/2. ) and Ricoh WG-4 GPS's sensor is 1/2.3-inch (6.17 x 4.55 mm ).
Since Ricoh WG-4 GPS'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 Olympus TG-4.
Below you can see the TG-4 and WG-4 GPS sensor size comparison.
As seen above, Ricoh WG-4 GPS has a infx Larger sensor area than Olympus TG-4. 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.