Apple iPhone SE (2022) vs iPhone 16 Pro
55
out of 100
VS
85
out of 100
Here we compared two smartphones: the 4.7-inch Apple iPhone SE (2022) (with Apple A15 Bionic) that was released on March 8, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 2 years and 6 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 Apple iPhone SE (2022)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Weighs 55 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro
- The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
- Thinner bezels – 25.8% more screen real estate
- Delivers 172% higher peak brightness (1751 against 643 nits)
- Comes with 1564 mAh larger battery capacity: 3582 vs 2018 mAh
- Higher display refresh rate – 120 Hz
- Has a 1.6 inches larger screen size
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Shows 60% longer battery life (28:13 vs 17:41 hours)
- Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
- 40% higher pixel density (458 vs 326 PPI)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
- 34% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1801K versus 1346K)
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 | IPS LCD | OLED |
| Size | 4.7 inches | 6.3 inches |
| Resolution | 750 x 1334 pixels | 1206 x 2622 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 326 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 625 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Tempered glass | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 65.3% | 91.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 239 Hz |
| Response time | 38 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | 1655:1 | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 16 Pro
6.3″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 15.1 in2
iPhone SE (2022)
4.7″ (16:9 ratio) = 9.4 in2
~59% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 138.4 mm (5.45 inches) | 149.6 mm (5.89 inches) |
| Width | 67.3 mm (2.65 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) | 8.25 mm (0.32 inches) |
| Weight | 144 g (5.08 oz) | 199 g (7.02 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP67 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Red | White, Black, Silver, Gold |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-button | No |
| Repairability | - | Average (2.83/5) |
| Drop resistance | - | Good (C) · 90 drops |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A15 Bionic | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 3223 MHz | 4040 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.23 GHz: Avalanche |
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU | 6 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 640 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1338 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1712.6 GFLOPS | ~2289 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 17777 | 33278 |
| Single-core score | 2404 | 3591 |
| Multi-core score | 6040 | 9090 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 396583 | 555276 |
| GPU | 363070 | 546980 |
| Memory | 162337 | 176885 |
| UX | 424045 | 522035 |
| Total score | 1346035 | 1801176 |
| Samples | [8 tests] | [9 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | - | 71% |
| Graphics test | - | 13 FPS |
| Graphics score | - | 1732 |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 75% | - |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 16 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 11 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 7 FPS | 21 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2969 | 7585 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 70% | - |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2387 | - |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone SE (2022)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1336740 |
| 📘 2026-06-19 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1375075 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2404 / 6040 |
| 📘 2026-06-14 (Bionic) | AnTuTu 11 | 1362289 |
| 📘 2026-03-13 (Mistral) | AnTuTu 11 | 1342610 |
Apple iPhone 16 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| 📘 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
| 📘 2026-07-04 (Lks jaay) | Battery life | Battery report |
| 📘 2026-06-15 (Anton) | AnTuTu 11 | 1782199 |
| 📘 2026-06-04 (Rain) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3656 / 9628 |
Memory
| RAM size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5X |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
| Storage size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 15.3 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) | iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| OS size | 12 GB | 18 GB |
| OS updates | - | 7 years |
| Security updates | - | 7 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 2018 mAh | 3582 mAh |
| Max charge power | 20 W | 30 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes | Yes (15 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | Yes |
| Bypass charging | - | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (61% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:18 hr | 1:38 hr |
| Battery cycles | - | 1000 cycles |
| Web browsing | 07:07 hr | 11:41 hr |
| Watching video | 10:31 hr | 17:46 hr |
| Gaming | 03:43 hr | 05:35 hr |
| Standby | 87 hr | 132 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#85th place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | Optical, 5x |
| Flash | Quad 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 60FPS | Up to 120FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | - | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP |
1) Standard: 48 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 48 MP 4) Depth |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.8 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | - | 24 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.22 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 120 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX913 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1.12 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | - | 48 MP |
| Aperture | - | 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 |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 50 | 80 |
| Preview | 71 | 93 |
| Zoom | 29 | 142 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone SE (2022) from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 7 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 3088 x 2320 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | 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 | Optical |
| Video resolution | 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | No | Yes |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | - | USB Type-C |
| USB version | 2 | 3.2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | - | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| 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 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Mid-range | Flagship |
| Announced | March 2022 | September 2024 |
| Release date | March 2022 | September 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $999 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 16e | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro |
| SAR (head) | - | 1.24 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | - | 1.48 W/kg |
| 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 |
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro:
- In the US, the smartphone only supports eSIM, while the international model comes with 1 physical SIM slot plus eSIM capability.
*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 16 Pro is definitely a better buy.
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