Honor Magic 4 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
62
out of 100
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77
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.81-inch Honor Magic 4 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on February 28, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 7 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 Honor Magic 4 Pro
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
- The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
- Fingerprint scanner
- Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 25 grams less
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Shows 76% longer battery life (30:06 vs 17:09 hours)
- Delivers 84% higher peak brightness (1762 against 960 nits)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- 10% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1324K versus 1200K)
- 82% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2669 and 1464 points
- The phone is 7 months newer
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 | 6.81 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1312 x 2848 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.54:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 600 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1000 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Touch sampling rate | 360 Hz | - |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 93.1% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 94.7% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 119 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 163.6 mm (6.44 inches) | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 74.7 mm (2.94 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 9.15 mm (0.36 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 215 g (7.58 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Gold, Green, Orange | Black, Silver, Gold, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3000 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510 - 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710 - 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 730 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1024 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 818 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1675.3 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | - | 22851 |
| Single-core score | 1464 | 2669 |
| Multi-core score | 3918 | 7024 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 397302 | 329807 |
| GPU | 320762 | 444294 |
| Memory | 182594 | 150297 |
| UX | 300283 | 400202 |
| Total score | 1200941 | 1324600 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [8 tests] |
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 | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 19 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 3335 |
Recent User Tests
Honor Magic 4 Pro
No benchmark results yet
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296 | AnTuTu 11 | 1425670 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296 | AnTuTu 11 | 1302538 |
| 📘 2026-08-09 (Trinh Anh Khoi) | AnTuTu 11 | 1302538 |
| 📘 2026-07-17 (Astreeek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1267503 |
| 📘 2026-07-16 (Oleg) | AnTuTu 11 | 1267503 |
Memory
| RAM size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 3200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 12 | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| ROM | Magic UI 6 | - |
| OS size | 21 GB | - |
| OS updates | - | 6 years |
| Security updates | - | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4600 mAh | 4323 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (100 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (50% in 12 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:30 hr | 1:52 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:18 hr | 11:49 hr |
| Watching video | 12:02 hr | 18:59 hr |
| Gaming | 05:16 hr | 06:50 hr |
| Standby | 68 hr | 144 hr |
General battery life
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Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 9216 x 6912 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3.5x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | 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) |
| Angle of widest lens | 122° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Ultrawide: 50 MP 3) Telephoto: 64 MP 4) Depth |
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 | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX766 | 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 (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 64 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/3.5 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 90 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Omnivision OV64B | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) | 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.7 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.5" (≈ 0.4 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 60 | 80 |
| Preview | 62 | 91 |
| Zoom | 111 | 139 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Honor Magic 4 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | - | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | - | 23 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX714 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Autofocus | - | Phase autofocus |
| Stabilization | - | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | - | 139 |
| Video | - | 154 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (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 | 3.1 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes, DP 1.2 | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| 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 | - | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | February 2022 | September 2022 |
| Release date | April 2022 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1100 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Honor Magic 8 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| 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 |
*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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