OnePlus Ace vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

55 out of 100
OnePlus Ace
VS
73 out of 100
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus Ace (with MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max) that was released on April 21, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 8 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 OnePlus Ace
  • Supports higher wattage charging (150W versus 23W)
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 3200 MHz
  • Has 33% more RAM: 8GB versus 6GB
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 54 grams less
  • The phone is 8 months newer
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Handles wireless charging up to 7.5W
  • 16% higher pixel density (458 vs 394 PPI)
  • 2.4x faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2427 and 1002 points
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus Ace and Apple iPhone 13 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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8 / 128 GB
VS
6 / 128 GB
54.8
(Average)
Value Index
82.3
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2412 pixels 1284 x 2778 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 394 ppi 458 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (10-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 1000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 950 nits 1200 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 1000 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5 -
Screen-to-body ratio 87.9% 87.7%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
Display tests
RGB color space - 99.9%
PWM - 238 Hz
Response time - 8.5 ms
Contrast - ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Sources: NotebookCheck [3]

Design and build

Height 163.3 mm (6.43 inches) 160.8 mm (6.33 inches)
Width 75.5 mm (2.97 inches) 78.1 mm (3.07 inches)
Thickness 8.2 mm (0.32 inches) 7.65 mm (0.3 inches)
Weight 186 g (6.56 oz) 240 g (8.47 oz)
Waterproof No IP68
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue Black, Silver, Gold, Blue, Green
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus Ace and Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset MediaTek Dimensity 8100 Max Apple A15 Bionic
Max clock 2850 MHz 3230 MHz
CPU cores 8 (4 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 4 cores at 2.85 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard
- 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche
L3 cache 4 MB -
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 5 nanometers 5 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) MediaTek APU 580 Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Mali-G610 MC6 Apple GPU (5 cores)
GPU shading units 384 640
GPU clock 860 MHz 1338 MHz
FLOPS ~660.5 GFLOPS ~1712.6 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus Ace and Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2427
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 21357
Single-core score 1002 2427
Multi-core score 3253 6142
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1138764
1153673
CPU 384787 276639
GPU 203781 369897
Memory 217841 116764
UX 332355 390373
Total score 1138764 1153673
Samples [3 tests] [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Graphics test 4 FPS -
Graphics score 553 -
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 75%
Graphics test - 14 FPS
Section 1 - 19 FPS
Section 2 - 14 FPS
Section 3 - 9 FPS
Graphics score - 3785
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 91% 73%
Graphics test 9 FPS 17 FPS
Graphics score 1540 2960
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10080 -
Video editing 5025 -
Photo editing 13610 -
Data manipulation 7393 -
Writing score 13574 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus Ace
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-12 (Grandflex)AnTuTu 111033675
📘 2025-11-24 (Hafid)AnTuTu 111168500
📘 2025-09-05 (GrischaLike)AnTuTu 111138764
Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 -> HotPowerAnTuTu 111184759
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 GPU21284
📘 2026-09-19 -> HotPowerGeekbench 6 CPU2423 / 5985
📘 2026-09-12 (Simon)AnTuTu 111146332
📘 2026-08-11 (encore)AnTuTu 111335140

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory clock 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Channels 4 2
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 15) iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5)
ROM ColorOS 15 -
OS size - 13 GB

Battery

Capacity 4500 mAh 4352 mAh
Max charge power 150 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (50% in 5 min) Yes (42% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:18 hr 1:46 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing - 11:16 hr
Watching video - 17:03 hr
Gaming - 06:41 hr
Standby - 136 hr
General battery life

Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 4032 x 3024
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording No No
4K video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 60FPS
1080p video recording Up to 60FPS Up to 60FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 12 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 50 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/1.9 f/1.5
Focal length 24 mm 26 mm
Sensor Sony IMX766 Sony IMX703
Sensor size 1/1.56" (≈ 0.64 inch) 1/1.66" (≈ 0.6 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.9 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 12 MP
Aperture - f/2.8
Focal length - 77 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX713
Sensor size - 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.8
Focal length 15 mm 13 mm
Sensor Sony IMX355 Sony IMX772
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.4" (≈ 0.29 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor GalaxyCore GC02M1 -
Sensor size 1/5" (≈ 0.2 inch) -
Pixel size 1.75 micron -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 75
Preview - 81
Zoom - 119
Samples - Photo samples of Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 16 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 4608 x 3456 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.2
Focal length 26 mm 23 mm
Sensor Samsung S5K3P9 Sony IMX514
Sensor size 1/3.09" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 128
Video - 143

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 5.3 5
Bluetooth features LE LE, A2DP
USB type USB Type-C -
USB version 2 2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot No No
LTE Cat* - 18
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 April 2022 September 2021
Release date April 2022 September 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $390 $1100
Successor - OnePlus Ace 6 - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SAR (head) - 0.99 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Barometer
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Face recognition sensor
Bundled charger Yes, 150 W -
*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 13 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

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