OnePlus 10 Pro vs Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max

Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.7-inch OnePlus 10 Pro (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1) that was released on January 11, 2022, against the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A18 Pro and came out 2 years and 8 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

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 10 Pro
  • Supports higher wattage charging (80W versus 30W)
  • Fingerprint scanner
  • Slow-motion recording at 480FPS
  • 14% higher pixel density (525 vs 460 PPI)
  • CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
  • Weighs 26.5 grams less
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
  • Delivers 131% higher peak brightness (1790 against 774 nits)
  • Shows 66% longer battery life (35:01 vs 21:03 hours)
  • Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
  • 44% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1750K versus 1217K)
  • The rear camera has a 5x optical zoom
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
  • The phone is 2 years and 8 months newer
  • The front-facing camera can record video at 4K
  • Ready for eSIM technology

Review

Evaluation of OnePlus 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 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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Final comparison evaluation
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Value for money (Beta)

Should I update?
No 89% Yes
Yes, this is a clear and meaningful upgrade.
Updating from OnePlus 10 Pro to Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max is a clear step forward, and the improvements should be easy to notice.
Main improvements: performance, gaming, and camera.

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED OLED
Size 6.7 inches 6.9 inches
Resolution 1440 x 3216 pixels 1320 x 2868 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 525 ppi 460 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes (1-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 500 nits 2000 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 1300 nits 1600 nits
HDR support Yes, HDR10+ Yes, Dolby Vision
Touch sampling rate 1000 Hz -
Screen protection Gorilla Glass Victus -
Screen-to-body ratio 89.9% 92.3%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 98.3% 99.6%
PWM 342 Hz 240 Hz
Response time 11 ms 1 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Screen space comparison
iPhone 16 Pro Max
6.9″ (19.5:9 ratio) = 18.1 in2
10 Pro
6.7″ (20:9 ratio) = 16.8 in2
~7% more screen space
Peak brightness test (auto)
774 nits
1790 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 163 mm (6.42 inches) 163 mm (6.42 inches)
Width 73.9 mm (2.91 inches) 77.6 mm (3.06 inches)
Thickness 8.6 mm (0.34 inches) 8.25 mm (0.32 inches)
Weight 200.5 g (7.07 oz) 227 g (8.01 oz)
Waterproof - IP68
Rear material Glass Glass
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Black, Green White, Black, Silver, Gold
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-display No
Repairability - Average (2.83/5)
Drop resistance - Good (C) · 90 drops
Screen-to-body ratio
89.9%
92.3%

Performance

Chipset specifications of OnePlus 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Apple A18 Pro
Max clock 3000 MHz 4040 MHz
CPU cores 8 (1 + 3 + 4) 6 (2 + 4)
Architecture - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A510
- 3 cores at 2.5 GHz: Cortex-A710
- 1 core at 3 GHz: Cortex-X2
- 4 cores at 2.42 GHz: Sawtooth
- 2 cores at 4.05 GHz: Everest
L3 cache 6 MB -
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Lithography process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
GPU
Graphics Adreno 730 6 core Apple GPU
GPU shading units 1024 640
GPU clock 818 MHz 1490 MHz
FLOPS ~1675.3 GFLOPS ~2289 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of OnePlus 10 Pro and Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
1300
3507
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
3445
8789
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 33340
Single-core score 1300 3507
Multi-core score 3445 8789
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1217154
1750331
CPU 450257 508577
GPU 223494 540541
Memory 216467 191233
UX 326936 509980
Total score 1217154 1750331
Samples [3 tests] [4 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 1718
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 28 FPS
Section 1 - 34 FPS
Section 2 - 29 FPS
Section 3 - 21 FPS
Graphics score - 7448
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 63% -
Graphics test 15 FPS -
Graphics score 2570 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10315 -
Video editing 5919 -
Photo editing 23257 -
Data manipulation 8724 -
Writing score 15818 -

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
OnePlus 10 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11AnTuTu 121501761
📘 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11)AnTuTu 121501761
📘 2026-09-22 -> Vidor312AnTuTu 121279540
📘 2026-03-02 (Vladislav)AnTuTu 111217154
📘 2025-11-23 (naytman)AnTuTu 111031622
Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-23 -> RappzzzzAnTuTu 112043169
📘 2026-09-20 (thuanday)AnTuTu 112043169
📘 2026-09-17 (Jonibek)AnTuTu 111692383
📘 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr)AnTuTu 111650968
📘 2026-04-27 -> hoduyhaodzso1tgBattery lifeSOT 12:58 / –

Memory

RAM
RAM size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory clock 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 12.1 (Can be upgraded to Android 14) iOS 18 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27)
ROM OxygenOS 14 -
OS size 32 GB 18 GB
OS updates 3 years 7 years
Security updates 4 years 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4685 mAh
Max charge power 80 W 30 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging Yes (50 W) Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging Yes, (wireless) Yes
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (98% in 30 min) Yes (46% in 30 min)
Full charging time 0:32 hr 1:57 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 07:41 hr 14:34 hr
Watching video 12:41 hr 22:01 hr
Gaming 04:53 hr 07:12 hr
Standby 108 hr 163 hr
General battery life
21:03 hr
35:01 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 48 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8064 x 6048
Zoom Optical, 3.3x Optical, 5x
Flash Dual LED Dual LED
Stabilization Optical Optical
8K video recording Up to 24FPS No
4K video recording Up to 120FPS Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 240FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 480 FPS (720p) 240 FPS (1080p)
Angle of widest lens 150° 120°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 50 MP
1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Telephoto: 12 MP
3) Ultrawide: 48 MP
4) Depth
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- RAW support
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length 23 mm 24 mm
Sensor Sony IMX789 Sony IMX803
Sensor size 1/1.43" (≈ 0.7 inch) 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Optical Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.4 f/2.8
Focal length 77 mm 120 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08A10 Sony IMX913
Sensor size 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch) 1/3.06" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Optical Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 50 MP 48 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length 14 mm 13 mm
Sensor Samsung S5KJN1 Sony IMX972
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch)
Pixel size 0.64 micron 0.7 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
124
Video quality
119
Generic main camera score
122
Bokeh 65 160
Preview 68 93
Zoom 105 130
Samples Photo samples of OnePlus 10 Pro from DxOMark Photo samples of Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 32 megapixels 12 megapixels
Image resolution 6528 x 4896 4032 x 3024
Aperture f/2.2 f/1.9
Focal length - 23 mm
Sensor Sony IMX615 Sony IMX714
Sensor size 1/2.74" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/3.6" (≈ 0.28 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1.12 micron
Autofocus No Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Optical
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No Yes
DxOMark front camera
Photo - 149
Video - 155

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 5.2 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.1 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Yes Yes
Infrared port No 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 -
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
88.1 dB
92.6 dB

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced January 2022 September 2024
Release date January 2022 September 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $899 $1199
Successor - OnePlus 15 - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max
SAR (head) - 1.22 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.45 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, 80 W Not included
Further details
Notes on iPhone 16 Pro Max:
    - The US version of the smartphone exclusively supports eSIM, while the international model features both a physical SIM slot and eSIM capability. In China, the device is available with dual physical SIM card slots only.
*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 Max is definitely a better buy.

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