Apple iPhone 7 vs iPhone 14
37
out of 100
VS
67
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 4.7-inch Apple iPhone 7 (with Apple A10 Fusion) that was released on September 7, 2016, against the Apple iPhone 14, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 6 years and 1 month after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 7
- Fingerprint scanner
- Weighs 34 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14
- 3x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1526K versus 512K)
- Has 3x more RAM: 6GB versus 2GB
- Thinner bezels – 21.5% more screen real estate
- Comes with 1319 mAh larger battery capacity: 3279 vs 1960 mAh
- Has a 1.4 inches larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 53% longer battery life (24:17 vs 15:51 hours)
- 41% higher pixel density (460 vs 326 PPI)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
- Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (842 against 662 nits)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 4.7 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 750 x 1334 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 326 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 625 nits | 800 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 65.6% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.5% |
| PWM | Not detected | 60 Hz |
| Response time | 35.5 ms | 12 ms |
| Contrast | 1635:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 14
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
iPhone 7
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~49% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 138.3 mm (5.44 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 67.1 mm (2.64 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.1 mm (0.28 inches) | 7.8 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 138 g (4.87 oz) | 172 g (6.07 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Metal | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black, Silver, Gold, Red, Pink | White, Black, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A10 Fusion | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2340 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 4 (2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 1.05 GHz: Zephyr - 2 cores at 2.34 GHz: Hurricane |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 16 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | PowerVR Series7XT Plus | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 192 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 650 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~249.6 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 20728 |
| Single-core score | 721 | 2272 |
| Multi-core score | 1923 | 5584 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 204583 | 441890 |
| GPU | 63932 | 399019 |
| Memory | 75498 | 177784 |
| UX | 168292 | 508068 |
| Total score | 512305 | 1526761 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [9 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 10 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3771 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 2854 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone 7
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 14
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-23 (Artyom) | AnTuTu | 1082494 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Minh Thai) | AnTuTu | 1526761 |
| 📘 2026-06-06 (emo067) | AnTuTu | 1538861 |
| 📘 2026-05-27 (Rex) | GeekBench CPU | 2382 / 5869 |
| 📘 2026-05-10 (Laxy) | AnTuTu | 1573257 |
Memory
| RAM size | 2 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 10 (Can be upgraded to iOS 15.8.5) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS size | 12.5 GB | 12 GB |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 1960 mAh | 3279 mAh |
| Max charge power | 5 W | 20 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | No (7.5 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | No | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:35 hr | 1:31 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:50 hr | 10:06 hr |
| Watching video | 09:49 hr | 14:55 hr |
| Gaming | 03:22 hr | 05:25 hr |
| Standby | 80 hr | 114 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Digital | Digital |
| Flash | Quad LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 30FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Apple iSight Camera | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 70 |
| Preview | - | 85 |
| Zoom | - | 90 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 7 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3088 x 2320 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 32 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | BSI CMOS | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 138 |
| Video | - | 153 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 4.2 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | No | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 12 | 18 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | September 2016 | September 2022 |
| Release date | September 2016 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $649 | $799 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 8 | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 1.38 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.34 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | - | Not included |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
After analyzing all the data, we think that the Apple iPhone 14 is definitely a better buy.
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