Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
75
out of 100
VS
89
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.78-inch Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3) that was released on January 8, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 8 months 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 Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
- Has 2x more RAM: 16GB versus 8GB
- Higher display refresh rate – 165 Hz
- 41% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (2464K versus 1750K)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Supports higher wattage charging (65W versus 30W)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Comes with 815 mAh larger battery capacity: 5500 vs 4685 mAh
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
- Shows 40% longer battery life (35:01 vs 25:06 hours)
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Slow-motion recording at 240FPS
- 19% higher pixel density (460 vs 388 PPI)
- 50% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3507 and 2341 points
- The phone is 8 months newer
- The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
- Ready for eSIM technology
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 | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.78 inches | 6.9 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2400 pixels | 1320 x 2868 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 388 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 165 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2500 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10 | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 720 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 88.2% | 92.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 100% | 99.6% |
| PWM | 485 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.8 mm (6.45 inches) | 163 mm (6.42 inches) |
| Width | 76.8 mm (3.02 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 225 g (7.94 oz) | 227 g (8.01 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3300 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 12 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 750 | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 768 |
| GPU clock | 903-1000 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~2774 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 33340 |
| Single-core score | 2341 | 3507 |
| Multi-core score | 7491 | 8789 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 744942 | 508577 |
| GPU | 825953 | 540541 |
| Memory | 313899 | 191233 |
| UX | 579387 | 509980 |
| Total score | 2464181 | 1750331 |
| Samples | [2 tests] | [4 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 88% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | 1708 | 1718 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 90% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 28 FPS |
| Section 1 | 36 FPS | 34 FPS |
| Section 2 | 33 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 8671 | 7448 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 5205 | - |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 23055 | - |
| Video editing | 9019 | - |
| Photo editing | 46533 | - |
| Data manipulation | 19145 | - |
| Writing score | 25533 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#137th place)
Recent User Tests
Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-05-31 (a24dot) | AnTuTu | 2427528 |
| 📘 2026-02-19 (GendutGaz) | AnTuTu | 2464181 |
| 📘 2025-11-19 (Jubidaara) | GeekBench CPU | 2369 / 7463 |
| 📘 2025-11-19 (Sage mode Madara) | GeekBench CPU | 2341 / 7491 |
| 📘 2025-11-19 (Madara uchiha) | GeekBench CPU | 2362 / 7480 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu | 1692383 |
| 📘 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr) | AnTuTu | 1650968 |
| 📘 2026-04-27 -> hoduyhaodzso1tg | Battery life | SOT 12:58 / – |
| 📘 2026-04-12 -> hoduyhaodzso1tg | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-01-19 (Максим) | AnTuTu | 1695936 |
Memory
| RAM size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 512 GB | 256 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | ROG UI | - |
| OS size | 28 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | 2 years | 7 years |
| Security updates | 2 years | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 5500 mAh | 4685 mAh |
| Max charge power | 65 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (80% in 30 min) | Yes (46% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:42 hr | 1:57 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 10:18 hr | 14:34 hr |
| Watching video | 17:21 hr | 22:01 hr |
| Gaming | 06:04 hr | 07:12 hr |
| Standby | 108 hr | 163 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#14th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 120 FPS (2160p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 32 MP 3) Ultrawide: 13 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.9 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23.8 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX890 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 32 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 120 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV32C | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 13 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV31B | Sony IMX972 |
| Sensor size | 1/3" (≈ 0.33 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 0.7 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 160 |
| Preview | - | 93 |
| Zoom | - | 130 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | - | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.5 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 22 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.2" (≈ 0.31 inch) | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| 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 | - | 149 |
| Video | - | 155 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) |
| 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 | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 3.2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.4 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | No | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | Yes | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2024 | September 2024 |
| Release date | January 2024 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $1199 |
| Successor | - Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.22 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.45 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 65 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on ROG Phone 8 Pro:
- Support for NTFS is available for external storage devices.
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro Max:
- The US version of the smartphone exclusively supports eSIM, while the international model features both a physical SIM slot and eSIM capability. In China, the device is available with dual physical SIM card slots only.
*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 16 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.
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