OnePlus 13 vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
87
out of 100
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77
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.82-inch OnePlus 13 (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite) that was released on October 31, 2024, against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max, which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 2 years and 2 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
Reasons to consider the OnePlus 13
- 2.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (3145K versus 1324K)
- Comes with 1677 mAh larger battery capacity: 6000 vs 4323 mAh
- Has 2x more RAM: 12GB versus 6GB
- Supports higher wattage charging (100W versus 23W)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.4)
- Waterproof body (IP69 classification)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Compatible with Wi-Fi 7 wireless networks
- 11% higher pixel density (510 vs 460 PPI)
- The phone is 2 years and 2 months newer
- Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Delivers 47% higher peak brightness (1751 against 1194 nits)
- Supports Dolby Atmos sound technology
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
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.82 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3168 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 510 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | Yes (1-120 Hz) | Yes (1-120 Hz) |
| Max rated brightness | 1600 nits | 2000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | 4500 nits | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Ceramic Guard | - |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 90.1% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display - DC Dimming |
- DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.9% |
| PWM | 120 Hz | 240 Hz |
| Response time | 2 ms | 1 ms |
| Contrast | ∞ Infinity | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 162.9 mm (6.41 inches) | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 76.5 mm (3.01 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.5 mm (0.33 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 213 g (7.51 oz) | 240 g (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP69 | IP68 |
| Advanced cooling | Vapor chamber | - |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | White, Black, Blue | Black, Silver, Gold, Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes, in-display | No |
| Repairability | Good (3.71/5) | - |
| Drop resistance | Average (D) · 45 drops | - |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max clock | 4320 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (2 + 6) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 6 cores at 3.53 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix M) - 2 cores at 4.32 GHz: Oryon (Phoenix L) |
- 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 3 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Adreno 830 | 5 core Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 1536 | 640 |
| GPU clock | 1100 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~3379.2 GFLOPS | ~1789.4 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 24988 | 22851 |
| Single-core score | 2899 | 2669 |
| Multi-core score | 8945 | 7024 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 946374 | 329807 |
| GPU | 1154478 | 444294 |
| Memory | 370624 | 150297 |
| UX | 674106 | 400202 |
| Total score | 3145582 | 1324600 |
| Samples | [33 tests] | [8 tests] |
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Stability | 74% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
| Graphics score | 2455 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | 43 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 1 | 49 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Section 2 | 44 FPS | 16 FPS |
| Section 3 | 37 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 11360 | 4266 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 84% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | 19 FPS |
| Graphics score | 6241 | 3335 |
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14928 | - |
| Video editing | 6982 | - |
| Photo editing | 28408 | - |
| Data manipulation | 14424 | - |
| Writing score | 22334 | - |
AnTuTu 11 Ranking List (#85th place)
Recent User Tests
OnePlus 13
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-13 (Phúc Lợi) | AnTuTu 12 | 3331523 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (Prigogin) | AnTuTu 12 | 3195605 |
| 📘 2026-09-25 (InDominusRex) | AnTuTu 12 | 3200877 |
| 📘 2026-09-22 (Keremss) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3032 / 9438 |
| 📘 2026-08-28 -> pavlikk69 | AnTuTu 11 | 3139994 |
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 | 5300 MHz | - |
| Channels | 4 | 4 |
| Storage size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | Android 15 (Can be upgraded to Android 16) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 27) |
| ROM | OxygenOS 16 | - |
| OS size | 54 GB | - |
| OS updates | 4 years | 6 years |
| Security updates | 6 years | 6 years |
Battery
| Capacity | 6000 mAh | 4323 mAh |
| Max charge power | 100 W | 23 W |
| Battery type | Silicon-Carbon (Si/C) | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (50 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes, (wireless) | No |
| Bypass charging | Yes | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (55% in 15 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 0:35 hr | 1:52 hr |
| Battery cycles | 1000 cycles | - |
| Web browsing | 13:42 hr | 11:49 hr |
| Watching video | 23:46 hr | 18:59 hr |
| Gaming | 06:05 hr | 06:50 hr |
| Standby | 120 hr | 144 hr |
General battery life
Smartphones With Long Battery Life (34th and 42nd place)
Main camera
| Matrix | 50 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 8192 x 6144 | 8064 x 6048 |
| Zoom | Optical, 3x | Optical, 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 30FPS | 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 | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 50 MP 2) Telephoto: 50 MP 3) Ultrawide: 50 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/1.6 | f/1.8 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 24 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYTIA-808 | Sony IMX803 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.4" (≈ 0.71 inch) | 1/1.28" (≈ 0.78 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.12 micron | 1.22 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.6 | f/2.8 |
| Focal length | 73 mm | 77 mm |
| Sensor | Sony LYT-600 | Sony IMX713 |
| Sensor size | 1/1.95" (≈ 0.51 inch) | 1/3.5" (≈ 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.8 micron | 1 micron |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 50 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 15 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor | Samsung S5KJN5 | Sony IMX633 |
| Sensor size | 1/2.75" (≈ 0.36 inch) | 1/2.55" (≈ 0.39 inch) |
| Pixel size | 0.64 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | - | 80 |
| Preview | - | 91 |
| Zoom | - | 139 |
| Samples | - | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 32 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 6560 x 4928 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 21 mm | 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 | 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 | 5.4 | 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, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | Yes | No |
| Number of SIM* | 2 | - |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | eSIM |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| 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 | October 2024 | September 2022 |
| Release date | January 2025 | September 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $899 | $1099 |
| Successor | - OnePlus 15 | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Fingerprint |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
| Bundled charger | Yes, 100 W | Not included |
Further details
Notes on OnePlus 13:
- The "Arctic Dawn" and "Black Eclipse" models are 8.5 mm thick and weigh 213g, while "Midnight Ocean" is 8.9 mm and 210g.
- The Chinese and Indian versions do not support eSIM.
*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 OnePlus 13 is definitely a better buy.
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