Apple iPhone X vs iPhone 18 Pro Max
46
out of 100
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96
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 5.8-inch Apple iPhone X (with Apple A11 Bionic) that was released on September 12, 2017, against the Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A20 Pro and came out 9 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 X
- Better grip in hands – the body is 7.1 mm narrower
- Weighs 75 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
- 5.5x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3532K versus 644K)
- Delivers 351% higher peak brightness (2740 against 607 nits)
- Has 4x more RAM: 12GB versus 3GB
- Comes with 2851 mAh larger battery capacity: 5567 vs 2716 mAh
- Shows 106% longer battery life (33:56 vs 16:26 hours)
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 1.1 inches larger screen size
- The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
- Modern USB Type-C port
- Newer Bluetooth version (v6.0)
- Thinner bezels – 10.5% more screen real estate
- Supports higher wattage charging (60W versus 18W)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
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 | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 5.8 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1125 x 2436 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 463 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 625 nits | 3000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | Ceramic Shield 2 |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 81.1% | 91.6% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.3% | - |
| PWM | 240 Hz | - |
| Response time | 2.2 ms | - |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | - |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 18 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
iPhone X
5.8″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 12.8 in2
~41% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 143.6 mm (5.65 inches) | 163.4 mm (6.43 inches) |
| Width | 70.9 mm (2.79 inches) | 78 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 8.75 mm (0.34 inches) |
| Weight | 174 g (6.14 oz) | 249 g (8.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | - | Vapor chamber |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gray | Black, Silver, Blue, Burgundy |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A11 Bionic | Apple A20 Pro |
| Max clock | 2390 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.42 GHz: Mistral - 2 cores at 2.39 GHz: Monsoon |
- 4 cores at 2.64 GHz: - 2 cores at 4.93 GHz: |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 10 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU | 7 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 192 | 896 |
| GPU clock | 1066 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~409.3 GFLOPS | ~2903 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 64226 |
| Single-core score | 1075 | 4725 |
| Multi-core score | 2393 | 12575 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 271922 | 965645 |
| GPU | 127700 | 1391269 |
| Memory | 110696 | 418826 |
| UX | 133989 | 756464 |
| Total score | 644307 | 3532204 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 59% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 892 | - |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone X
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 5436 |
| 📘 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1075 / 2393 |
| 📘 2026-01-08 -> Tangerine | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1105 / 2629 |
| 📘 2024-08-21 (I desperately need a new phone) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 858 / 1167 |
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-19 (Bears lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 3651257 |
| 📘 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
Memory
| RAM size | 3 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | - | 4800 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 3 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 11.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.5) | iOS 27 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27.2) |
| OS size | 5.3 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 2716 mAh | 5567 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 60 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi (7.5 W) | Yes (25 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (81% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 0:55 hr |
| Web browsing | 05:31 hr | 14:13 hr |
| Watching video | 09:07 hr | 22:52 hr |
| Gaming | 03:35 hr | 08:36 hr |
| Standby | 93 hr | 146 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#22nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 4x |
| Flash | Quad LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 240FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 48 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 - 4.0 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Apple iSight Duo Camera | Sony IMX905 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 52 mm | 100 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX973 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone X from DxOMark | - |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 18 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3472 x 2063 | 4896 x 3672 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 32 mm | 20 mm |
| Sensor | BSI CMOS | Sony IMX914 |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | Digital | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 88 | - |
| Video | 92 | - |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 6.0 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE |
| USB type | No | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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* | 16 | - |
| 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 2017 | September 2026 |
| Release date | November 2017 | September 2026 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1299 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max | - |
| SAR (head) | 0.87 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 0.97 W/kg | - |
| Sensors | - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
- 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 18 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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