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Google Pixel 8 Pro vs Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

71 out of 100
Google Pixel 8 Pro
VS
83 out of 100
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Google Pixel 8 Pro
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch Google Pixel 8 Pro (with Google Tensor G3) that was released on October 4, 2023, against the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A17 Pro and came out 1 month before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments (4)

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Google Pixel 8 Pro
  • Has 50% more RAM: 12GB versus 8GB
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+3)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
  • Shows 62% longer battery life (31:37 vs 19:29 hours)
  • Delivers 12% higher peak brightness (1800 against 1603 nits)
  • Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
  • 68% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2974 and 1765 points

Review

Evaluation of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 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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Currency
12 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 256 GB
67.9
(Good)
Value Index
15.6
(Bad)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Phone:
Pixel 8 Pro
vs
iPhone 15 Pro Max

Display

Type OLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1344 x 2992 pixels 1290 x 2796 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 489 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes (1-120 Hz) Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 2400 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1600 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus 2 -
Screen-to-body ratio 87.1% 89.8%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display		 - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.5% 99.8%
PWM 120 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 1 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
Pixel 8 Pro
1603 nits
iPhone 15 Pro Max +12%
1800 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 162.6 mm (6.4 inches) 159.9 mm (6.3 inches)
Width 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) 76.7 mm (3.02 inches)
Thickness 8.8 mm (0.35 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 213 g (7.51 oz) 221 g (7.8 oz)
Waterproof IP68 IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors Black, Gray, Blue White, Black, Silver, Blue
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Screen-to-body ratio
Pixel 8 Pro
87.1%
iPhone 15 Pro Max +3%
89.8%

Performance

Chipset specifications of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Google Tensor G3 Apple A17 Pro
Max clock 3000 MHz 3780 MHz
CPU cores 9 (1 + 4 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.7 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 4 cores at 2.37 GHz: Cortex-A715
- 1 core at 2.91 GHz: Cortex-X3		 - 4 cores at 2.11 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 3.78 GHz: Everest
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Immortalis-G715s MC10 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 896 768
GPU clock 890 MHz 1398 MHz
FLOPS ~1594.8 GFLOPS ~2147.2 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Google Pixel 8 Pro and Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Pixel 8 Pro
6573
iPhone 15 Pro Max +332%
28374
Compute Score (GPU) 6573 28374
Single-core score 1765 2974
Multi-core score 4297 7533
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
Pixel 8 Pro
1367231
iPhone 15 Pro Max +7%
1467470
CPU 468427 374357
GPU 384941 463612
Memory 182041 184670
UX 331822 444831
Total score 1367231 1467470
Samples [14 tests] [7 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability 74% 71%
Graphics test 7 FPS 10 FPS
Graphics score 982 1391
3DMark Solar Bay
Stability - 73%
Graphics test - 23 FPS
Section 1 - 29 FPS
Section 2 - 23 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
Graphics score - 6089
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 75% 63%
Graphics test - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 3655
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Google Pixel 8 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-04 (Karlik)AnTuTu 121408420
📘 2026-05-05 (s1mpick)AnTuTu 111338293
📘 2026-05-04 (Bilal Ahmed)AnTuTu 111367231
📘 2026-04-13 -> SpaikleonowAnTuTu 111482218
📘 2026-03-26 (Bilal)AnTuTu 111328640
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-01 (Zabza)AnTuTu 111996792
📘 2026-09-28 (Kuan.28)AnTuTu 111752198
📘 2026-09-23 (podsolnuh)AnTuTu 111357765
📘 2026-09-11 (Zabza)AnTuTu 111599694
📘 2026-09-10 (elio)AnTuTu 111445771
Add View all (42)

Memory

RAM
RAM size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory clock 4200 MHz 3200 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Memory card No No

Software

Operating system Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) iOS 17 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM Stock Android -
OS size 14 GB 17.6 GB
OS updates 7 years 7 years
Security updates 7 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5050 mAh 4441 mAh
Max charge power 30 W 23 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (23 W) Yes (7.5 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging No No
Fast charging Yes (53% in 30 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:23 hr 1:49 hr
Battery life tests
Web browsing 08:23 hr 12:36 hr
Watching video 12:10 hr 22:07 hr
Gaming 04:58 hr 06:58 hr
Standby 87 hr 139 hr
General battery life
Pixel 8 Pro
19:29 hr
iPhone 15 Pro Max +62%
31:37 hr
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8192 x 6144 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 5x Optical, 5x
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 240 FPS (1080p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 126° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 48 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
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
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.7 f/1.8
Focal length 25 mm 24 mm
Sensor Samsung GNV Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.31" (≈ 0.76 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.2 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Laser autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.8 f/1.78 - 2.8
Focal length 113 mm 120 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KGM5 Sony IMX913
Sensor size 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 0.7 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 48 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX633
Sensor size 1/2.0" (≈ 0.5 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.4 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh 65 80
Preview 75 86
Zoom 152 142
Samples Photo samples of Google Pixel 8 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 10.5 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 3648 x 2736 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length 21 mm 23 mm
Sensor - Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/3.1" (≈ 0.32 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 1.22 micron 1.12 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
DxOMark front camera
Photo 143 145
Video 149 156

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 6E (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 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 1 -
Type of SIM card Nano eSIM
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 No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness
Pixel 8 Pro
89.4 dB
iPhone 15 Pro Max +3%
92.3 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced October 2023 September 2023
Release date October 2023 September 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1199
Successor - Google Pixel 10 Pro - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SAR (head) - 0.98 W/kg
SAR (body) - 0.98 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 Pixel 8 Pro:
    - The smartphone includes a temperature sensor.
*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 15 Pro Max is definitely a better buy.

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654 (65.7%)
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Ovindu August 21, 2025 at 03:05 AM
If we want a phone to photography,i think pixel is better.because cameras are in the same level.but if we need performence,iphone is the best option among these two.
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Thomas Hazell January 29, 2024 at 03:46 PM
Why are so many people voting for the Pixel? Not being rude but from my experience it’s a crap phone 🤣 keeps glitching wethers iPhone doesn’t even have these issues. I mean this with no disrespect. Just from my experience.
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Banimibo ofori Jack December 9, 2023 at 02:28 PM
My primary concerns regarding phones are performance and battery life. The iPhone may already have these features, but I suspect that Google can offer the same in real-world situations too.
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Name November 22, 2023 at 11:29 PM
I appreciate the unique features Google offers that the iPhone doesn't. However, in my opinion, Google still has a lot to do to catch up. The iPhone feels like a more mature smartphone in comparison, particularly regarding the after-sales service and overall performance of the product. I understand it's not always accurate to judge a phone by benchmark statistics. Nonetheless, despite Google's promise for seven years of software updates, I'm skeptical. I don't think the Tensor chip is quick or power efficient enough, and I'm uncertain about Google's promise of seven years of software updates on their Pixel.
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