Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.8-inch Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra (with Exynos 2100) that was released on January 14 2021 against the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max which is powered by Apple A16 Bionic and came out 20 months after. On this page you will find tests full specs strengths and weaknesses of each of the gadgets.
- Differences
- Review
- Specs
- Benchmarks
- Battery life
- Camera
- Comments
Key differences
An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
- The rear camera has a 10x optical zoom
- Comes with 677 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4323 mAh
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 12% higher pixel density (515 vs 460 PPI)
- Faster storage type - UFS 3.1 versus NVMe
- Reverse charging feature
- CPU with a higher amount of cores (+2)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
- Shows 47% longer battery life (45:56 vs 31:14 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Delivers 71% higher peak brightness (1765 against 1030 nits)
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung
- The phone is 1-year and 8-months newer
- 26% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (966K versus 765K)
- 71% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1905 and 1114 points
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S21 Ultra 92 iPhone 14 Pro Max 94 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S21 Ultra 81 iPhone 14 Pro Max 91 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S21 Ultra 83 iPhone 14 Pro Max 93 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S21 Ultra 86 iPhone 14 Pro Max 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S21 Ultra 95 iPhone 14 Pro Max 81 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S21 Ultra 84 iPhone 14 Pro Max 90
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S21 Ultra vs iPhone 14 Pro Max
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1290 x 2796 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 515 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1600 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 88.3% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display |
Display tests | RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 240 Hz |
| Response time | - | 1 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S21 Ultra 1030 nits iPhone 14 Pro Max +71% 1765 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) | 160.7 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) | 77.6 mm (3.06 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.85 mm (0.31 inches) |
| Weight | 227 gramm (8.01 oz) | 240 gramm (8.47 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Black Silver Gray Blue | Black Silver Gold Purple |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S21 Ultra +2% 89.8% iPhone 14 Pro Max 88.3%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2100 | Apple A16 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2840 MHz | 3460 MHz |
| CPU cores | 8 (1 + 3 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 2.2 GHz: Cortex-A55 - 3 cores at 2.8 GHz: Cortex-A78 - 1 core at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-X1 | - 4 cores at 2.02 GHz: Sawtooth - 2 cores at 3.46 GHz: Everest |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP14 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 760 MHz | - |
Memory | RAM size | 12 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | - |
| Channels | 2 | 4 |
Storage | Storage size | 128 256 512 GB | 128 256 512 1024 GB |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core) Galaxy S21 Ultra 1114 iPhone 14 Pro Max +71% 1905 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S21 Ultra 3533 iPhone 14 Pro Max +54% 5448 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S21 Ultra 765800 iPhone 14 Pro Max +26% 966983
| CPU | 198194 | 242019 |
| GPU | 290543 | 407261 |
| Memory | 132758 | 167432 |
| UX | 138398 | 145864 |
| Total score | 765800 | 966983 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S21 Ultra 5221 iPhone 14 Pro Max +88% 9796
| Stability | 69% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 58 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5221 | 9796 |
AnTuTu 9 Android Phone Scores Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 16 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16.0.3) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | - |
| OS size | 26.4 GB | - |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4323 mAh |
| Charge power | 25 W | 27 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (15 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | Yes (wireless) | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (54% in 30 min) | Yes (48% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:11 hr | 1:52 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 10:13 hr | 15:02 hr |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | 21:10 hr |
| Gaming | 05:26 hr | 07:12 hr |
| Standby | 98 hr | 156 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S21 Ultra 31:14 hr iPhone 14 Pro Max +47% 45:56 hr Phone Battery Life Ranking
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 108 megapixels | 48 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 8000 x 6000 |
| Zoom | Optical 10x | Optical 3x |
| Flash | Dual LED | Dual LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | Up to 24FPS | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 960 FPS (720p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120° | 120° |
| Lenses | 4 (108 MP + 10 MP + 10 MP + 12 MP) | 4 (48 MP + 12 MP + 12 MP + 0 MP) |
| Wide (main) lens | - 108 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 0.8 micron - Sensor: 1/1.33" Samsung S5KHM3 (ISOCELL Plus CMOS) - Laser autofocus - Optical stabilization | - 48 MP - Aperture: f/1.8 - Focal length: 24 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/1.28" - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization |
| Telephoto lens | - 10 MP - Aperture: f/4.9 - Focal length: 240 mm - Pixel size: 1.22 micron - Sensor: 1/2.65" Samsung S5K3J1 (ISOCELL CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) - Optical stabilization | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.8 - Focal length: 77 mm - Sensor: 1/3.5" - Phase autofocus - Optical stabilization |
| Ultra-wide lens | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1.4 micron - Sensor: 1/2.55" Sony IMX563 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/2.2 - Focal length: 13 mm - Sensor: 1/2.55" - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | - | Yes |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
| Samples | Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/1.9 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | - |
| Sensor type | ISOCELL CMOS | - |
| Sensor size | 1/2.65" | 1/3.6" |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
DxOMark camera tests
Photo quality Galaxy S21 Ultra 128 iPhone 14 Pro Max +12% 143 Video quality Galaxy S21 Ultra 98 iPhone 14 Pro Max +42% 139 Generic camera score Galaxy S21 Ultra 121 iPhone 14 Pro Max +21% 146
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | 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 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Bluetooth features | LE A2DP | LE |
| USB type | USB Type-C | - |
| USB version | 3.2 | 2 |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - USB-Host mode - OTG | - Charging - USB-Storage mode - OTG |
| GPS | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo | GPS GLONASS Beidou Galileo QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
Network | Number of SIM* | 2 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| Multi SIM mode | Standby | - |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 24 | 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 Galaxy S21 Ultra 88 dB iPhone 14 Pro Max +1% 89 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2021 | September 2022 |
| Release date | February 2021 | September 2022 |
| SAR (head) | 0.71 W/kg | - |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 W/kg | - |
| 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 |
*Disclaimer! NFC GSM network support and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the performance software battery life and design 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 Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.
Cast your vote
So which phone would you choose? Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 139 (65%) Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max 75 (35%) Vote Total votes:
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