Google Pixel 9 vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
73
out of 100
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77
out of 100
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.3-inch Google Pixel 9 (with Google Tensor G4) that was released on August 13, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 years before. 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 Google Pixel 9
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Delivers 27% higher peak brightness (2220 against 1751 nits)
- Fingerprint scanner
- 18% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1561K versus 1324K)
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- The phone is 2 years newer
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
- Weighs 42 grams less
- Better grip in hands – the body is 5.6 mm narrower
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
- Shows 34% longer battery life (30:06 vs 22:26 hours)
- Has a 0.4 inch larger screen size
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
- 56% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2669 and 1707 points
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 | 6.3 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1080 x 2424 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 422 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (60-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 2700 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 1800 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, HDR10+ | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus 2 | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 1 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Screen space comparison
iPhone 14 Pro Max
6.7″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 17.1 in2
Pixel 9
6.3″ (20:9 ratio) = 14.9 in2
~14% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 152.8 mm (6.02 inches) | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 72 mm (2.83 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 198 g (6.98 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Green, Pink | Black, Silver, Gold, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.5/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Excellent (A) · 270 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Google Tensor G4 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3100 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.92 GHz: Cortex-A520 - 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720 - 1 core at 3.1 GHz: Cortex-X4 |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Mali-G715 MC7 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 896 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 940 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~1684.4 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 7536 | 22851 |
| Single-core score | 1707 | 2669 |
| Multi-core score | 4431 | 7024 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 576617 | 329807 |
| GPU | 410060 | 444294 |
| Memory | 210177 | 150297 |
| UX | 364573 | 400202 |
| Total score | 1561427 | 1324600 |
| Samples | [4 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 74% | - |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 1047 | - |
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 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10043 | - |
| Video editing | 7463 | - |
| Photo editing | 21077 | - |
| Data manipulation | 13349 | - |
| Writing score | 15810 | - |
Recent User Tests
Google Pixel 9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-18 -> Oleg 16 cm | AnTuTu 11 | 1423579 |
| 📘 2026-06-13 (Plotwa) | CPU Throttle | 82% |
| 📘 2026-04-14 (LymXT) | AnTuTu 11 | 1577137 |
| 📘 2025-12-09 (enigma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1519937 |
| 📘 2025-11-28 (W1TRAY) | AnTuTu 11 | 1561427 |
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 | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 4200 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 17) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | Stock Android | - |
| OS size | 19 GB | - |
| OS updates | 7 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 7 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 4700 mAh | 4323 mAh |
| Max charge power | 27 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (12 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:25 hr | 1:52 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 10:01 hr | 11:49 hr |
| Watching video | 13:38 hr | 18:59 hr |
| Gaming | 05:41 hr | 06:50 hr |
| Standby | 98 hr | 144 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (#42nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8160 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Digital | 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) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 123° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) 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 |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 48 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 24 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung GNK | 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 |
| Image resolution | - | 12 MP |
| Aperture | - | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | - | 77 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | - | 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | - | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | - | Optical |
| Image resolution | 48 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.7 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | - | 13 mm |
| Sensor | - | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 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 | 75 | 80 |
| Preview | 83 | 91 |
| Zoom | 132 | 139 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Google Pixel 9 from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 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 | 20 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | CMOS | 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 | 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 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) | 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 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| DisplayPort | Yes | Yes |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| 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 |
| LTE Cat* | - | 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
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | August 2024 | September 2022 |
| Release date | August 2024 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $1099 |
| Successor | - Google Pixel 10 | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.4 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 |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance, gaming, battery life, software, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max. But if the connectivity is more of a priority – go for the Google Pixel 9.
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