iPhone 16 Pro Max benchmarks: Faster than Android?

There's a reason Apple compared the A18 Pro to its A16 Bionic.

iPhone 16 Pro Max benchmarks: Faster than Android?
Apple iPhone 16 Pro in Natural Titanium color held out in hand
Credit: Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority

New iPhones can mean only one thing for performance junkies — it’s benchmarking time to see if it’s faster than anything Android has to offer. The latest iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max sport a new Apple A18 Pro chipset that makes some big performance claims over its predecessors, including memory bandwidth, a beefier CPU, and improved energy efficiency.

Let’s see how Apple’s best mobile chip compares to its Android-bound rivals and whether it has the chops to take the performance crown. We’ve grabbed some of the latest Android phones powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Tensor G4 to compare against.