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Apple iPhone SE (2022) vs iPhone 7

55 out of 100
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
VS
36 out of 100
Apple iPhone 7
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
Apple iPhone 7

Here we compared two smartphones: the 4.7-inch Apple iPhone SE (2022) (with Apple A15 Bionic) that was released on March 8, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 7, which is powered by Apple A10 Fusion and came out 5 years and 7 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone SE (2022)
  • 2.6x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1346K versus 512K)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Shows 12% longer battery life (17:41 vs 15:51 hours)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5)
  • Handles wireless charging up to
  • More energy-efficient CPU – Apple A15 Bionic
  • Has 2x more RAM: 4GB versus 2GB
  • Supports higher wattage charging (20W versus 5W)
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR4X
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
  • The phone is 5 years and 7 months newer
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Apple iPhone SE (2022) and iPhone 7 crucial features
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
NanoReview Score
Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 83% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from Apple iPhone 7 to Apple iPhone SE (2022) is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: performance, gaming, and connectivity.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
iPhone SE (2022)
vs
iPhone 7

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 4.7 inches 4.7 inches
Resolution 750 x 1334 pixels 750 x 1334 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:9
PPI 326 ppi 326 ppi
Refresh rate 60 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
Max rated brightness 625 nits 625 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 65.3% 65.6%
Display features - DCI-P3 -
Display tests
RGB color space 99.9% 100%
PWM - Not detected
Response time 38 ms 35.5 ms
Contrast 1655:1 1635:1
Peak brightness test (auto)
iPhone SE (2022)
653 nits
iPhone 7 +1%
660 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) 138.3 mm (5.44 inches)
Width 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) 67.1 mm (2.64 inches)
Thickness 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) 7.1 mm (0.28 inches)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz) 138 g (4.87 oz)
Waterproof IP67 IP67
Rear material Glass Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Red Black, Silver, Gold, Red, Pink
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-button
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Apple iPhone SE (2022) and Apple iPhone 7
SoC
Chipset Apple A15 Bionic Apple A10 Fusion
Max clock 3223 MHz 2340 MHz
CPU cores 6 (2 + 4) 4 (2 + 2)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche		 - 2 cores at 1.05 GHz: Zephyr
- 2 cores at 2.34 GHz: Hurricane
L3 cache - 4 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 16 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine No
GPU
Graphics Apple GPU PowerVR Series7XT Plus
GPU shading units 640 192
GPU clock 1338 MHz 650 MHz
FLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS ~249.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Apple iPhone SE (2022) and Apple iPhone 7
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
iPhone SE (2022) +233%
2404
iPhone 7
721
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
iPhone SE (2022) +214%
6040
iPhone 7
1923
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 17777 -
Single-core score 2404 721
Multi-core score 6040 1923
Sources: Geekbench [3]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
iPhone SE (2022) +163%
1346035
iPhone 7
512305
CPU 396583 204583
GPU 363070 63932
Memory 162337 75498
UX 424045 168292
Total score 1346035 512305
Samples [8 tests] Less than 3
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability 75% -
Graphics test 11 FPS -
Section 1 16 FPS -
Section 2 11 FPS -
Section 3 7 FPS -
Graphics score 2969 -
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 70% -
Graphics test 14 FPS -
Graphics score 2387 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-18 (Bionic)AnTuTu 111336740
📘 2026-06-19 (Bionic)AnTuTu 111375075
📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic)Geekbench 6 CPU2404 / 6040
📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic)AnTuTu 111362289
📘 2026-03-13 (Mistral)AnTuTu 111342610
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Apple iPhone 7
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 (TeknoPiri)AnTuTu 11497446
Add View all (1)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 2 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Channels 2 2
Storage
Storage size 64 GB 32 GB
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system iOS 15.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) iOS 10 (Can be upgraded to iOS 15.8.5)
OS size 12 GB 12.5 GB

Battery

Capacity 2018 mAh 1960 mAh
Max charge power 20 W 5 W
Battery type Li-Ion Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes No (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Fast charging Yes (61% in 30 min) No
Full charging time 1:18 hr 2:35 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:07 hr 05:50 hr
Watching video 10:31 hr 09:49 hr
Gaming 03:43 hr 03:22 hr
Standby 87 hr 80 hr
General battery life
iPhone SE (2022) +12%
17:41 hr
iPhone 7
15:51 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 12 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4032 x 3024 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Quad LED Quad LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 30FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (720p)
Lenses 1) Standard: 12 MP
1) Standard: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode		 - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 28 mm
Sensor - Apple iSight Camera
Sensor size - 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Optical Optical

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 50 -
Preview 71 -
Zoom 29 -
Samples Photo samples of Apple iPhone SE (2022) from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 7 from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 7 megapixels 7 megapixels
Image resolution 3088 x 2320 3088 x 2320
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 32 mm
Sensor - BSI CMOS
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth version 5 4.2
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type - No
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode - Standby
eSIM support* Yes No
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 12
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
iPhone SE (2022) +3%
85.9 dB
iPhone 7
83 dB

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced March 2022 September 2016
Release date March 2022 September 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $649
Successor - Apple iPhone 16e - Apple iPhone 8
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
- Fingerprint
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 SE (2022) is definitely a better buy.

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