Huawei P60 Pro vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.67-inch Huawei P60 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1) that was released on March 23, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 6 months 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 Huawei P60 Pro
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • Supports higher wattage charging (88W versus 23W)
  • The rear camera has a 3.5x optical zoom
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
  • Shows 52% longer battery life (30:06 vs 19:49 hours)
  • Delivers 55% higher peak brightness (1762 against 1140 nits)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 47% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2669 and 1816 points
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of Huawei P60 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 / 256 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
55.9
(Average)
Value Index
78.3
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1220 x 2700 pixels 1290 x 2796 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 444 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 550 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1200 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 300 Hz -
Screen protection Kunlun Glass -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.5% 88.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DC Dimming
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.6% 99.9%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
1140 nits
1762 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 161 mm (6.34 inches) 160.7 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 74.5 mm (2.93 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.3 mm (0.33 inches) 7.85 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 200 g (7.05 oz) 240 g (8.47 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green, Purple Black, Silver, Gold, Purple
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
P60 Pro +1%
89.5%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Huawei P60 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 Apple A16 Bionic
Max clock 3190 MHz 3460 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.75 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3.2 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 5 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1024 640
GPU clock 900 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1843.2 GFLOPS ~1789.4 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Huawei P60 Pro and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1816
2669
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
4639
7024
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 22851
Single-core score 1816 2669
Multi-core score 4639 7024
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
P60 Pro +1%
1333248
CPU 528817 329807
GPU 225078 444294
Memory 243458 150297
UX 335895 400202
Total score 1333248 1324600
Samples [4 tests] [8 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 55% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
Graphics score 854 -
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
2756
3335
Stability 44% 71%
Graphics test 16 FPS 19 FPS
Graphics score 2756 3335
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Huawei P60 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-25 (Gog)AnTuTu 121527301
📘 2026-09-10 (spoonky)AnTuTu 121520938
📘 2026-08-17 (Pietro)AnTuTu 111333248
📘 2025-12-07 (Posshy)AnTuTu 111320073
📘 2025-10-14 -> fervistmodeAnTuTu 111333248
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296AnTuTu 111425670
📘 2026-08-09 -> Kryon296AnTuTu 111302538
📘 2026-08-09 (Trinh Anh Khoi)AnTuTu 111302538
📘 2026-07-17 (Astreeek)AnTuTu 111267503
📘 2026-07-16 (Oleg)AnTuTu 111267503

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card Nano Memory No
Memory card max size Up to 256 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 13 iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM EMUI 13.1 -
OS updates - 6 years
Security updates - 6 years

Battery

Capacity 4815 mAh 4323 mAh
Max charge power 88 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (58% in 15 min) Yes (48% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:35 hr 1:52 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:26 hr 11:49 hr
Watching video 12:20 hr 18:59 hr
Gaming 05:27 hr 06:50 hr
Standby 88 hr 144 hr
General battery life
19:49 hr
30:06 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.5x 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 960 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens - 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 13 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.4 - 4.0 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX888 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.17 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.1 f/2.8
Focal length 90 mm 77 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV64B Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 13 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 13 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX688 Sony IMX633
Sensor size - 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size - 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
P60 Pro +11%
159
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 80 80
Preview 75 91
Zoom 158 139
Samples Photo samples of Huawei P60 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4160 x 3120 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor CMOS Sony IMX714
Sensor size - 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 - 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, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* 20 20
5G support No Yes

Sound

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

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced March 2023 September 2022
Release date March 2023 September 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1099
Successor - Huawei Pura 80 Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
Sensors - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 88 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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