Honor Win vs Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

91 out of 100
Honor Win
VS
93 out of 100
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.83-inch Honor Win (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on December 26, 2025, against the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A19 Pro and came out 3 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Memory

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Honor Win
  • Comes with 4912 mAh larger battery capacity: 10000 vs 5088 mAh
  • Higher display refresh rate – 185 Hz
  • 54% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3991K versus 2590K)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 40W)
  • Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Delivers 15% higher peak brightness (1155 against 1001 nits)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
  • The rear camera has a 4x optical zoom
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3940 and 3663 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Honor Win and Apple iPhone 17 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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Currency
12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
52.7
(Average)
Value Index
39.5
(Mediocre)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.83 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1272 x 2800 pixels 1320 x 2868 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 450 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 185 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2000 nits 3000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 6000 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 480 Hz -
Screen protection Tempered glass Ceramic Shield 2
Screen-to-body ratio 90.2% 91.6%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 100% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Honor Win +15%
1155 nits
1001 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163.1 mm (6.42 inches) 163.4 mm (6.43 inches)
Width 76.6 mm (3.02 inches) 78 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 8.75 mm (0.34 inches)
Weight 229 g (8.08 oz) 233 g (8.22 oz)
Waterproof IP69 IP68
Advanced cooling Active fan Vapor chamber
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Blue Silver, Blue, Orange
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Good (3.04/5)
Drop resistance - Very good (B) · 180 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
90.2%
91.6%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Honor Win and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Apple A19 Pro
Max clock 4610 MHz 4260 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime
- 4 cores at 2.6 GHz:
- 2 cores at 4.26 GHz:
L3 cache 8 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1536 768
GPU clock 1300 MHz 1620 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2488.3 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Honor Win and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Honor Win +5%
10928
Compute Score (GPU)
29142
46450
Compute Score (GPU) 29142 46450
Single-core score 3663 3940
Multi-core score 10928 10434
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Honor Win +54%
3991174
CPU 1105325 788283
GPU 1579293 922741
Memory 469071 226010
UX 837485 653533
Total score 3991174 2590567
Samples [17 tests] [14 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Honor Win +10%
2741
Stability 70% 76%
Graphics test 20 FPS 18 FPS
Graphics score 2741 2487
3DMark Solar Bay
Honor Win +7%
11768
Graphics test 45 FPS 42 FPS
Section 1 53 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 45 FPS 42 FPS
Section 3 38 FPS 36 FPS
Graphics score 11768 10999
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 23048 -
Video editing 9158 -
Photo editing 40165 -
Data manipulation 18912 -
Writing score 25912 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Honor Win
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (inst1dy)AnTuTu 114248808
📘 2026-09-05 (Pyro)AnTuTu 113918165
📘 2026-08-21 (Ilya)AnTuTu 114007911
📘 2026-08-10 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu 114260414
📘 2026-07-29 (SmileSoul)AnTuTu 114119462
Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq)AnTuTu 112602137
📘 2026-07-31 (xon1005)Geekbench 6 CPU4028 / 10579
📘 2026-06-15 (Domi)AnTuTu 112427596
📘 2026-06-09 (Cristiano)AnTuTu 112258714
📘 2026-05-29 (Joker)AnTuTu 112433128

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz -
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 16 iOS 26 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM MagicOS 10 -
OS size 25 GB 20 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 10000 mAh 5088 mAh
Max charge power 100 W 40 W
Battery type Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (80 W) Yes (25 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging Yes No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 27 min) Yes (65% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:05 hr 1:12 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 12:36 hr
Watching video - 22:25 hr
Gaming - 08:17 hr
Standby - 154 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3x Optical, 4x
Flash 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 120FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 112° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 50 MP
3) Ultrawide: 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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.78
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX903
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length - 100 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX973
Sensor size 1/2" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 12 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 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 Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 50 megapixels 18 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4896 x 3672
Aperture f/2.0 f/1.9
Focal length 22 mm 20 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX914
Pixel size - 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes

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 6.0 6.0
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort No Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
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
Honor Win +8%
88.5 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced December 2025 September 2025
Release date January 2026 September 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $1199
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 100 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 17 Pro Max:
    - Battery is 5,088 mAh on the eSIM-only model (vs 4,832 mAh on the Nano SIM + eSIM version).
    - The Chinese model alone includes dual Nano SIM slots and 15 W wireless charging.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

If the camera, connectivity, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max. But if the battery life is more of a priority – go for the Honor Win.

Cast your vote

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124 (93.9%)
8 (6.1%)
Total votes: 132

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Deathcall666 August 11, 2026 at 08:45 PM
Amazing phone. Even the camera (which by all standards and expectations should be trash) is actually upper tier. Definitely not flagship level, but more than usable in most conditions. Anything else is top tier. Colors, Color saturation, contrast, fluidity, system responsiveness, overall&sustained performance. Now the bad things. Let's just say back when I bought it it was only available on trading Shenzhen. Why is that? Because this phone isn't supposed to be outside china. It's china ROM makes it definitely clear. The AI is fully/exclusively Chinese, honor functions/profile only works (with full features) with a Chinese number, and there's the occasional page that doesn't change into English.
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John January 26, 2026 at 11:00 PM
If you're looking for performance, definitely the Honor Win, unless you're a photographer or care about the camera, then go for the IPhone. The Honor Win still has a good camera, I would say Flagship Lite.
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ScørPiøn January 4, 2026 at 01:19 PM
I would choose honor for its effort but after all iPhone camera will be better 😢
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Serial Killer April 28, 2026 at 09:57 PM
Honor win is not a camera phone. it's a gaming phone. if u want camera get the Honor magic 8 pro.
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