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
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
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 | 6.7 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 |
| RGB color space | 97% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 240 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 4 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
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 | 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 |
| 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
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 5079 | 22851 |
| Single-core score | 1462 | 2669 |
| Multi-core score | 3866 | 7024 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| 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 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 9424 | - |
| Video editing | 6870 | - |
| Photo editing | 19507 | - |
| Data manipulation | 12051 | - |
| Writing score | 15852 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 7 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-09 -> Kimash333 | AnTuTu | 1253847 |
| 📘 2026-09-08 (Kimash333) | AnTuTu | 1253847 |
| 📘 2026-07-28 (Th3Vulkan) | AnTuTu | 1252895 |
| 📘 2026-06-24 (Hagoon) | AnTuTu | 1041828 |
| 📘 2026-04-07 -> DeadlyKPSS | AnTuTu | 1285265 |
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296 | AnTuTu | 1425670 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296 | AnTuTu | 1302538 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (Trinh Anh Khoi) | AnTuTu | 1302538 |
| 📘 2026-07-17 (Astreeek) | AnTuTu | 1267503 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (Oleg) | AnTuTu | 1267503 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#41st place)
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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
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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