Google Pixel 7 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 7 Pro (with Google Tensor G2) that was released on October 6, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 7 Pro
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • 11% higher pixel density (512 vs 460 PPI)
  • Reverse charging feature
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 28 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • Shows 63% longer battery life (30:06 vs 18:28 hours)
  • Delivers 62% higher peak brightness (1755 against 1083 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1324K versus 1122K)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 83% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2669 and 1462 points

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
32.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
78.3
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3120 pixels 1290 x 2796 pixels
Aspect ratio 19.5:9 19.5:9
PPI 512 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (10-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 550 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1500 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 88.3% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 97% 99.9%
PWM 240 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 4 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1083 nits
1755 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) 160.7 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) 7.85 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 212 g (7.48 oz) 240 g (8.47 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Gray Black, Silver, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G2 Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 2850 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 2 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2.35 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 2 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-X1
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G710 MC10 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 448 640
GPU clock 848 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~759.8 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 7 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
22851
Compute Score (GPU) 5079 22851
Single-core score 1462 2669
Multi-core score 3866 7024
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1122581
1324600
CPU 381695 329807
GPU 267518 444294
Memory 156286 150297
UX 317082 400202
Total score 1122581 1324600
Samples [14 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 74% -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
Graphics score 702 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 16 FPS
Section 3 - 12 FPS
Graphics score - 4266
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 77% 71%
Graphics test 10 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 1821 3335
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 9424 -
Video editing 6870 -
Photo editing 19507 -
Data manipulation 12051 -
Writing score 15852 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 7 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333AnTuTu1253847
📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333)AnTuTu1253847
📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan)AnTuTu1252895
📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon)AnTuTu1041828
📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSSAnTuTu1285265
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296AnTuTu1425670
📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296AnTuTu1302538
📘 2026-08-09 (Trinh Anh Khoi)AnTuTu1302538
📘 2026-07-17 (Astreeek)AnTuTu1267503
📘 2026-07-16 (Oleg)AnTuTu1267503

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory clock 3200 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 13 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 14 GB -
OS updates 5 years 6 years
Security updates 5 years 6 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4323 mAh
Max charge power 23 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (23 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (46% in 30 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:49 hr 1:52 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:06 hr 11:49 hr
Watching video 12:49 hr 18:59 hr
Gaming 04:48 hr 06:50 hr
Standby 83 hr 144 hr
General battery life
18:28 hr
30:06 hr

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 3x
Flash Dual 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 126° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
1) Standard: 48 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung GN1 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/3.5 f/2.8
Focal length 120 mm 77 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM1 Sony IMX713
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX381 Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.9" (≈ 0.34 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 1.25 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 70 80
Preview 74 91
Zoom 143 139
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 7 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10.8 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3J1 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo 140 139
Video 146 154

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) 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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 3.2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
eSIM support* Yes Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
88.4 dB
89 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2022 September 2022
Release date October 2022 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1099
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
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 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 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

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