Apple iPhone XS Max vs iPhone 13 Pro
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71
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.5-inch Apple iPhone XS Max (with Apple A12 Bionic) that was released on September 12, 2018, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 3 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 XS Max
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 35% longer battery life (23:32 vs 17:28 hours)
- 45% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1222K versus 842K)
- Delivers 61% higher peak brightness (1070 against 663 nits)
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- The phone is 3 years and 1 month newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
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 | 6.5 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1242 x 2688 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.4:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 456 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (10-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 625 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 120 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 85.4% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 98.8% | 99.8% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 510 Hz |
| Response time | 11.2 ms | 4.8 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone XS Max
6.5″ (19.4:9 ratio) = 16.1 in2
iPhone 13 Pro
6.1″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 14.2 in2
~13% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 157.5 mm (6.2 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 77.4 mm (3.05 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.7 mm (0.3 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 inches) |
| Weight | 208 g (7.34 oz) | 204 g (7.2 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, Gray | Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max clock | 2490 MHz | 3230 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.6 GHz: Tempest - 2 cores at 2.49 GHz: Vortex |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Apple GPU (5 cores) |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 1338 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~576 GFLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 21903 |
| Single-core score | 1310 | 2450 |
| Multi-core score | 3458 | 6170 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 276695 | 311650 |
| GPU | - | 389528 |
| Memory | 147886 | 136036 |
| UX | 418471 | 385319 |
| Total score | 842172 | 1222533 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [3 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 19 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 14 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 9 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3765 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 65% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 17 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1482 | 2949 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone XS Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-05 (Jarukit) | AnTuTu 11 | 847535 |
| 📘 2026-03-22 (Jai) | AnTuTu 11 | 842172 |
| 📘 2026-03-17 (Hoangg Anhh) | AnTuTu 11 | 810991 |
Apple iPhone 13 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 21903 |
| 📘 2026-05-21 (Amogoose_) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2475 / 6154 |
| 📘 2026-04-13 (sgynonj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1322345 |
| 📘 2026-03-02 (Vladi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1222533 |
| 📘 2026-02-27 (Mental Vikash) | AnTuTu 11 | 1200314 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | - | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 12 (Can be upgraded to iOS 18.7) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS size | 16 GB | 15.2 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 3174 mAh | 3095 mAh |
| Max charge power | 18 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes, Qi (10 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 30 min) | Yes (60% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 03:29 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Web browsing | 06:43 hr | 09:39 hr |
| Watching video | 10:28 hr | 15:16 hr |
| Gaming | 04:11 hr | 05:20 hr |
| Standby | 87 hr | 107 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Quad LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.5 |
| Focal length | 28 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Apple iSight X | Sony IMX703 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.9 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 52 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX772 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 75 |
| Preview | - | 81 |
| Zoom | - | 119 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone XS Max from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3088 x 2316 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 32 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | BSI CMOS | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 97 | 128 |
| Video | 119 | 143 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | SPP, PBAP/PAB, PAN, OPP, MAP, LE, HSP, HFP, HDP, GAP, GAVDP, DIP, AVRCP, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | No | - |
| USB version | 2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 16 | 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 2018 | September 2021 |
| Release date | September 2018 | September 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $1000 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.98 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 |
*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 13 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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