Pixel 8 Pro vs iPhone 15 Pro Max vs S23 Ultra - Heavy Workload Test (Speed, Battery & Thermals)

[@shepherdkamumvuri1662]

This is why the S23 ULTRA is the phone of the year. No competition all. The S24 ULTRA will widen the gap further.

[@0SIGMA]

Lets wait and watch 🤞

[@fineenemy2045]

Imagine s23 Ultra+ Kunlun glass

[@faisalrahman9236]

​@@fineenemy2045+12 core CPU😂

[@fineenemy2045]

@@faisalrahman9236 🤣

[@Loveline-TV]

Can explain your point please 😂 Ever since you started using KZbin, have you heard any complaints about iPhone performance like this video made it? Or is cooling system now a smartphone performance? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DSTWizz]

I don't know of any other reviewers on here who do such detailed comparisons, I'm constantly in awe.

[@SVW1976]

Agreed.

[@ĪĪMizumiĪĪ]

Hmm, you haven't looked far then

[@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot]

@@ĪĪMizumiĪĪ this

[@yagneshraviteja]

may be wait until he gathers subscribers in Millions

[@phothewin6019]

Check out the channel Dame Tech. He does in depth performance tests and their 15 Pro Max always beats the S23 Ultra. It's weird, it's like night and day compared to the tests in this video. I'm not sure why. Maybe the latest iOS updates make that much of a difference. Idk.

[@deutschehassan7296]

Thanks to the SD 8 Gen2 processor inside the S23 ultra and Samsung's optimizations to the performance; the S23 Utrla delivers the highest sustainable performance so far .

[@mon_66]

Other android phones with sd 8 gen 2 have better performance one ui is heavy. I saw people complaining of glitches while swiping notification panel and moving between apps. Also it gets hot more than others. Honor magic5 pro although I saw people complaining of it getting hot it was about 5°C less hot than s23 ultra after the same test (if I remember correctly).

[@deutschehassan7296]

@@mon_66 Read my comment again; I'm talking about sustainable performance....look it up.

[@ssaini5028]

Except the screen on the S23 Ultra went dimmer after the iPhone. Pixel 8 clearly did better imo kept screen brightness higher

[@marcmarquez93ant]

​@@mon_66oneui 6 coming soon

[@jimv1983]

Samsung's optimizations? 🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.xharlie]

This is why I have a problem with other comparisons that juggle app opening and declare one phone better simply because it can open Spotify really fast. Sustained performance is the true test

[@andyH_England]

Not sure that of that. The many billions of users out there, maybe 0.0001% will ever do a workload like this. I think it is moot as a test, and just for interesting viewing.

[@ghost7of7sparta]

​@amfrepo doesn't matter the number of people that use it this way. This is what real multitasking performance means if you have a good knowledge of computing....not those fraudulent benchmark apps that conjure high scores on IOS 😊

[@TheRealGigaCat]

​​@@andyH_Englandwhat? Emulation of the switch console will push the phone harder than this. This clearly shows why iPhones aren't for multitasking and heavy task load at all. Remember AMD saga in the 2000s?

[@andyH_England]

@@TheRealGigaCat I have to accept that as I do not emulate. Does the iPhone even allow emulation?

[@TheRealGigaCat]

@@andyH_England no, they do not.. But we can do it with some workarounds using altstore. There you have one more reason to not get an iPhone.

[@Buckiee]

I think you should've set the optimization to Quality instead of performance on P8 pro to get the same graphical fidelity.

[@Superpoivr]

yea this is why he said the game looked weird compared to the two others

[@wouwout]

Yes, he even showed performance lol. Also makes it a unfair comparison

[@hoomanm4251]

@idtr this

[@ThePostOffice3]

so you should expect worse performance from the pixel then.

[@avyam7509]

Yeah! Then it will perform even worse.

[@MultiZymethSK]

I don't know how relevant the test is since at least the game on the Pixel seems to have worse graphics settings (at the very least I can see that it does not have motion blur). A game that runs the same on all devices would probably be a better choice because given low enough graphics, the device might not throttle at all even after a long time.

[@IDTR]

I will consider this next time

[@TechHead01]

The game probably isn't patched for the Pixel 8 Pro or Tensor 3, which is why his Pixel 7 ran the game better.

[@wrakor]

And Pixel is running a beta version with already some improvements, when the iPhone is still running the latest stable version. That's also a point of difference there.

[@Maxoverpower]

It was running with bad graphics because of the "performance" preset in the game dashboard. Performance always means low quality.

[@ikramshahar44]

​@@MaxoverpowerYeah I noticed this tooooo. But hey at least it did not crash and dim its brightness like the iPhone, which completely choked out. Not to mention the Pixel having more pixels and bigger screen

[@ahmadmohamad6384]

It is insane that the much older s23 ultra performs that much better than the new iPhone 15 Pro Max. So the better A17 cpu is quite bad.

[@Shockload]

if you look at peak performance and power efficiency, the A17 is better (except gpu) but it can't sustain the performance because it has really bad thermals compared to the S23

[@rileydoggooo]

Cpu isn't bad Their cooling mechanism is garbage😂😂😂

[@bulletpunch9317]

Well yeah, its 6w vs 4w.

[@InsighterofTech]

A17 is faster but can’t get that speed because it’s thermals suck

[@kfx3907]

⁠@@InsighterofTechSo, it's useless. Lol Just a gimmick.

[@MaxCaud]

You didn't control for two very important variables... framerate and graphics quality. So this test is essentially useless and you knew that but decided to upload regardless. Tensor G3 is not even in the same caliber as the A17 and S8G2. Its less than that of a Snapdragon 8 gen 1 and probably the same as Apple A14

[@andyH_England]

That is correct. If the Pixel started the game at 30FPS whilst the other two maxed at 60FPS then the results are useless as obviously the Pixel will look like its doing better as its load is much less. Also, graphics quality was clearly much lower on the Pixel which will help it appear better than the reality.

[@firstclass000]

People say the iphone is lagging because it was just released and still needs updates. Pixel 8 pro just released even later than the 15 pro max and yet its performing way better😂

[@geletrode]

Apple releases a new IOS with the new phone. I dont think android released a new version just for pixel. You cant downgrade the old IOS for better or for worse easily so the argument has some weight though you could counter it should have the option, thats apple though.

[@yoshitwomi]

​@@geletrodeandroid 14 released with the pixel 8

[@firstclass000]

@@geletrode android 14 released exclusively for the pixel 8 on releas

[@xenofastiq]

​@@geletrodeThe Pixel 8 Pro literally launched with Android 14, the newest version that just released btw. And even then, Android still needs some extra updates to iron out some bugs lmao

[@sr5187-i1g]

it's not a performance issue, problem is the smaller ram of iPhone, according to this test pixel 8 pro also should be better than iPhone,also in previous 7 pro , watch the golden reviewer pixel 8 pro genshin impact test , he is saying "don't buy pixel 8 pro for gaming" weak soc , this tasks are not practical and doesn't make any sense, in real world tasks iPhone is faster and smoother also after Many years,

[@ibrahimnura8758]

One of the best phone reviewers on KZbin rn!!

[@showaibhossen2047]

agree

[@AlexMkd1984]

biased apple KZbinr

[@babaawawu3156]

Wow. I'm way more impressed with the 8 Pro. This is a major step up from the 7 Pro that would have given you a heat warning. Does it mean the overheating complaints from some tech personalities is for clicks? Sure, it's not Snapdragon 8 gen 2 level *and it doesn't have to be* but the G3 is clearly way more efficient than the G2

[@IDTR]

Yes it's way better but I think reviewers don't update their software, apps or Google play services, they just take it out of the box and review, because once I updated everything on the 8 Pro all the issues gone, the only issue I have now is the laggy scrolling in some apps

[@dgcustoms4077]

​@@IDTRtwitter has been fixed because mine isn't choppy now when scrolling fast

[@babaawawu3156]

@@IDTR yea, this laggy scrolling happened with Twitter and reddit when the Pixel 6 and 7 were released. Sadly, Google doesn't do a good job communicating to customers on what they should do to fix it.

[@theidiotgamer4306]

Its running the game with lower graphics... Thats why its not overheating. S23 ultra is still the best phone out there, until s24 ultra appear...

[@babaawawu3156]

@@theidiotgamer4306 All I spoke about was the 8 Pro being much better than the 7 but you somehow managed to make it about the Samsung being the best. Lol

[@devilpros1346]

You should include some kind of FPS counter to count the average FPS or find out when either of the phones start experiencing frame drops.

[@atpray]

This. Should be possible with developer options settings on android but not sure about ios.

[@gkills25]

@@atprayperf dog can calculate fps for iOS and android simultaneously

[@_servant_of_Allah]

@@atprayif it's true, on iphone 13/14/15 pro and pro max you can change between 60hz and 120hz

[@Stewie4238]

​@@_servant_of_Allahthat's not what he meant. He was talking about showing a fps counter to see how much the game lag

[@ramanjaneyareddy9026]

Great video! This is the test that is very important

[@shreyass2447]

Actually, it's not 😂. This is even more pointless than those stupid benchmark numbers.

[@ramanjaneyareddy9026]

@@shreyass2447 not about the benchmarks! Heat management and stress test!

[@DavidNg12345]

Apple fan boy is going to cry 😂 This story tells you how poor iOS is optimized

[@hienho15]

Actually they don't. In fact most people are very happy with their I phone 15 pro max.

[@ntagPink]

Hard to say. But it's still the first month. We need to wait 3 months

[@ikramshahar44]

​@@ntagPinkHe posted a new similar video. The iPhone chokes out again to the Pixel

[@pratikvanc6244]

I want to see this test for any gaming phone with internal fan and s23 ultra. Both have 8g2. So it would be interesting.

[@Frozoken]

Ok bro I have the phone but come on now ☠️. The one with the fan would decimate the s23 ultra, 3d mark stress test after 20 runs drops to like 75% performance so it's not like it doesn't throttle at all.

[@-MrEVIL-]

In 3d mark stress tests Galaxy retains about 70% performance after a long period While redmagic retains 99.8% 💀

[@Frozoken]

@-MrEVIL- yeah exactly, the s23 ultra is good for a passive cooled, non gaming specific phone, especially in gradually throttling down so it's not noticeable most of the time unlike an iPhone that'll drop off a cliff in performance after 1-2 runs but still. Throttling slower and by less is never going to beat not throttling ar all lmao.

[@-MrEVIL-]

@@Frozoken its better regardless tho

[@Frozoken]

@-MrEVIL- cpu peak? Sure slightly. Gpu peak? Not enough to matter especially with Samsung's thermal guardian where flat out increasing the throttle limit actually helps the gou peak oerfkrmance a good but where it doesn't for the cpu. Either way I'm getting 14500 on 3dmark wildlife with a case on, I've seen the redmagic 8s pro get 14700 and 14000 flat, not enough to matter at all if not slightly favourable to the s23 ultra which even if true would also not matter. Also holy sh*t how did a high end gaming phone manage to be even more pathetic in their base ram and storage options than samsung. 128GB AND 8GB RAM IN A PHONE WHERE THERES A FAN ON THE BACK? Idc if it's cheaper when it's still at the price that it's at because lpddr spot prices are literally like $3-5 for an extra 4gb, 128-256gb is even less than that, both can easily eat those costs

[@Eazidosit]

The Tensor G3 is newer so the game will have to be optimized for it by the developers. Like other games after the previous generation of Pixels were released. There used to be an "Optimized for Pixels" game section in the Play Store when the Pixel 6 was released. One of the games was Asphalt 9. Which further more emphasizes on what I said about the game eventually being optimized for the G3. Funny none of the reviewers would run games already optimized for Tensor chips even when the list existed.

[@atpray]

Developers should not have to optimize game specifically for pixel. There exists thousands of android builds and few for ios.

[@Eazidosit]

@@atpray what are you talking about? Optimization is the key to the performance of the game and app.

[@atpray]

@@Eazidosit It's impossible to optimise perfectly for each and every single hardware on Android. The only thing developers can do is optimise it for the operating system I.e. Android. This is unlike iOS where only handful of hardware run iOS compared to thousands of hardware running Android. I hope u get the point.

[@Eazidosit]

@@atpray most flagships running android use the same chip every year besides the Pixel line. Besides that all these devices hardware are way higher than required specs to run these games/apps at the highest performance. Again optimization is key. I agree it is more of a task on Android. Including the budget devices. But the high-end devices exceed the requirements of these games. So it isn't the hardware. If the developers (the app designer) doesn't optimize their app, who is it to do so???

[@aItaccount]

Totally unrelated but do you guys see this "Lucky Winner" guy? It's obviously fake so I reported it and replied "I don't think so" and I got a warning from KZbin instead and had my comment deleted

[@pedrovelezjr5195]

I keep telling yall Apple is just a hype train that's it..Samsung has Apple on its knees spanking them on everything !! Great job Samsung!

[@Gracjan458]

XD

[@momar1]

Nice Comparison keep up the good work❤

[@joshjhoward]

I'm surprised at how well the pixel did. And for the iPhone I guess all the GPU performance upgrades are still not enough to match the sd 8 gen 2. With the sd 8 gen 3 coming out soon that gap will widen even more

[@shto4782]

It shows only 30 fps compared to 60 on Samsung and iphone

[@kingsmansfi8609]

they have very bad thermal dissicipation design this year. large chip without proper cooling is meh. lol

[@2COLD118]

Not really, from leaks SD Gen 3 won't be the powerhouse that we all hoped for

[@TamasKiss-yk4st]

If the game already limited to 60fps, than the low performance mode also an options for the iPhone.. but of course the biased creator doesn't want a fair fight.. since he only show you 3 tasks on a 2 power core design.. but if the low power mode on, it's turn the 4 low performamce core to the main cores, so 4 cores vs 4 cores.. but that is too fair, and how disqusting if the iPhone beat them in multitasking.. so bezter to show the noob version what only an Android user will use ever on iPhone..

[@remulsive9558]

This test isn’t about fps, he’s doing a screen share on teams while playing asphalt 9 - nobody does that. If you want a real fps test go see golden reviewer and watch how well snapdragon fares there.

[@alaa..1]

Good video bro try to show fps on the screen next time ❤❤

[@c-ronos]

yeah that would be great

[@remyeid8471]

Thank you for the effort you’re putting to make such videos. However, imo this test means something but does not mean everything (regardless of the winning phone because i like the s23u) because the iphone is trying to give equal importance to the two tasks you’re giving to him and that’s logical in real life scenarios otherwise the user won’t initiate a screen share in the first place if it wasn’t essential. The other two phones are more prioritizing the game and providing it with most resources. Moreover, in real life scenarios the other end would have ended the call for poor screensharing exp in the case of the s23u and pixel.

[@wrakor]

I agree, people are focusing on the game performance as the main metric, but iPhone delivered the most balanced experience with the two current tasks. The Pixel 8 Pro was running in lower graphic settings, and still couldn't do better than the others.

[@amigosan]

​@@wrakor "most balanced" ?? how is it balanced to have the phone crashing because of temperature, and the phone giving a higher priority to the screen sharing which is obviously a background task, than trying to get the best performance on the game (which is OBVIOUSLY detected as a game by iOS) ? how is that balanced or logicial ? the logic would be that the task in foreground which is the GAME, (that is known to iOS as a game), should get the max performance, which means NO LAG, NO STUTTERING

[@andyH_England]

@@amigosan They mean that CPU and GPU are shared more equal between screen sharing and the game and that is why if you watch the screen share, it is much better on the iPhone versus Pixel and S23U. If Apple instead reduced the screen sharing quality to the S23U/Pixel levels, then that would give more resources for the game. That is how it works. In the end, the iPhone AI/ML worked out the optimum for each app that kept the thermals under control, whilst early on it was trying to hard, maxing out and therefore overheating. This is simply unoptimised software that can easily be fixed.

[@amigosan]

@amfrepo read my comment again, I understood well what they meant And I am sorry but it would have not changes anything in this case for the iPhone if it had prioritized the game a little more than the screen sharing Stop saying BS guys

[@jorgeescudero5034]

Well, I'm sure iphone could have done better than crashing the game... that is just unexcusable. Specially since apple is promoting a console game level for it.

[@OscarZheng50]

so much for the 15 being the most powerful iPhone ever made when it cant even keep up with the pixel

[@Acko90ve]

I like your channel because you compare it with details! You are the best! 👏👏👏👏👏✋✋✋✋✋

[@JayD_5446]

Honestly, worse resolution, worse temperature, worse brightness, a crash, and almost lost as much battery as the Ultra? Yeah, you have to give second place to the Pixel.

[@chuckborris804]

Thank you. Finally somebody who does their tests rigorously. I appreciate your effort, thank you for you quality information! ❤️

[@bambooman8751]

I think 1) world's best Display right now 2) powerful chipset with well software & storage management 3) best camera & video setup with lots of features 4) Better performance in every field 4) beautiful design with 'S' pen 👑 S23 ultra is a killer...❤

[@AhmedIbrahim_]

استمر حضرتك فيديوهاتك مليانة تفاصيل ومش منحاز ابدا 🌚💜

[@ProphetMohammed-69]

Why do you have toilet paper as your pfp?

[@aryandhiman4088]

Damn bro, You bust the sh*t out of those paid tech KZbinrs and these types of people in general. Thank you for this test.

[@amaratabaouosamake4483]

The S23 Ultra is just the 👑 no matter the Iphone 15 pro max and his pretended "stronger" A17 pro processor 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@edgargalicia5071]

Clearly the A17 is more powerful but the heating does not allow it to use its full potential, it is different

[@amaratabaouosamake4483]

@@edgargalicia5071 if it were more "powerful" it would not lag, overheat and crash like that...

[@Dan81825]

@@amaratabaouosamake4483 iOS 17.0.3 was really bad with thermals and battery life, they fixed it with iOS 17.1 which came out a few days ago. now, the A17 is, as expected, faster and more efficient than the competition, go watch some recent benchmarks.

[@amressam2690]

I don't know about every one telling iPhone is over heating while it finish the test almost with same temperature of SAM & PIXEL... also you can't consedir this as a crash with iPhone it's system alarm it can't be avoided.... Finally the only iPhone who keeps every thing running including screen sharing while other 2 mobile fail and best battery as well

[@IDTR]

The iPhone is the only one failed

[@johnsecret1318]

There's nothing you can do, Loser.

[@amressam2690]

@@IDTR as you wish it's your vedio and your channel... Only iPhone finish test with every thing running... Game not caesh it's softwere alarm.. I am with you for missing some frames in the game but every thing else is fine...

[@yazouruaim694]

​@@amressam269015 Pro max is not even playable, also has the lowest brightness, and still ended up the hottest 🤦🏻‍♀️ what a disappointment

[@uriw2662]

@@IDTR Why don’t you do a test with other games? Or you can’t get the desired result with other games?

[@williamfeng6706]

I think it’s the optimization here, s23 ultra did really good, but we have to know that they were out for a while already. And I remember they weren’t doing that good when initially launched. Props to Samsung and developers for further optimizations. I15 pro max is not well optimized, it shows. While pixels did good enoug for its reputation.

[@BananaBlooD9517]

In Canada, the MSRP are 1750$ for the iPhone 15 pro max 256gb, 1650$ for the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra 256gb and 1430$ for the Pixel 8 pro 256gb. Considering this test is much more than what an average user will do than I'm mostly impress at the Pixel 8 pro perf for it's price.

[@udruzenjejazavaca]

S23 Ultra is as hardware capable as one flagship can be, but software (especially camera software) needs a lot of polishing and fine tuning. Looking at camera, with processor this powerful, new lenses and high ram - results are pretty much the same as on S22 Ultra. Which is almost the same as S21 Ultra. That had minor improvements over S20 Ultra etc. With this crazy tempo of flagship release (3 a year S, Flip, Fold is bit too much) Samsung keeps ignoring the problems and promising all of that solved on next model. "We'll fix it with software updates" right after phone release, that turns out to be lie, should not be acceptable on any device, let alone flagship and is an insult to customers.

[@mohamedabdelsalam6094]

Take care from like winner its happened to me and its a scam cause they told me you win with s23 ultra and toke my details and need me to pay 150 dollars for shipping and they are not from this channel

[@Springflut_]

The software of the S23 is top notch (except for the camera maybe)... and the camera is good too and you definitely notice a difference compared to the predecessors... but I agree with you, some things could be improved. Although the camera is just as good as the iPhone 15 or other flagship competitors. But that's not an insult at all. It would be an insult to charge 900$ for 60Hz, USB-C 2 and no Always On Display 😉😂

[@KCG1543]

Perfect u say the thing in my heart@@Springflut_

[@Ruudwardt]

I have screensaver going in windows showing old Iphone 5 SE photos mixed with old DSLR and newer phone photos. They are not that much behind the 14 Pro Max photos 😅. Ok, fair - the old Samsung A5 took pretty good photos as well. Do not expect grand jumps in photo quality improvements each year. It is marketing hype mostly. There are some minor quality improvements to appreciate. The truthful marketing speak should be - the new phone takes slightly better photos. S23U biggest jumps are in processing power, refinement in body shape and perhaps refinement in soft. It feels so nice to use (a thing that only Apple products used to have) - I have zero desire to go to any Apple nowadays.

[@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot]

@@mohamedabdelsalam6094 Sad to hear that. There are many scammers like that on KZbin. Beware.

[@bfoster417]

I think the pixel phones stand on its own, I'm not saying there better than other android phones, but the advantage of being a Google phone and all that extra software updates and AI , and hopefully a brand new chip next year (hopefully) , just like apple stands on its own, i think pixel will get so good in the future it will end up like Apple whether or not that's a good thing i don't know, but I'm very very happy with my pixel and I'm definitely going to buy the pixel 9 next year .

[@michaelofori3428]

And don't forget the s25ultra

[@Meet_Your_Death]

If it ends up like apple that's bad because ios phones are not even the best.

[@debasish005]

I think this is the most detailed performance comparison in KZbin. Subscribed to you.

[@8bitsam23]

That's why it's called ultra🔥🔥🔥just pure raw power

[@lol-yz2kd]

All thanks to snap 8 gen 2. Samsung did nothing

[@Anon1370]

@@lol-yz2kd this lol we should be thankful to qualcomm for the snapdragons

[@SAMI-SEM-997]

​@@lol-yz2kdOptimaization and development

[@John.Christopher]

4:15 I think its the fact that motion blur is turned off on Pixel

[@zouldoc]

I don’t know but it felt so satisfying seeing the 15 pro max struggles like that. Google nailed it ❤

[@ookumakuma3188]

Isheep will said the game still not optimized yet for 15 pro max

[@zouldoc]

@@ookumakuma3188 they once said apps and games are better optimized in iPhones than androids..

[@gsc-lol-islem6494]

Bro having personal problems with 15 Pro max 😂

[@zouldoc]

@@gsc-lol-islem6494 I don’t and I use an iPhone btw.

[@Divinebuddy0102]

Usss bro🙂

[@mole1596]

There's a public statement from Apple (leaked by Bloomberg) that says specific apps that haven't been optimised cause the iPhone to overheat. The apps mentioned are Instagram, Uber, and... Asphalt 9. So, you might want to try this with a different game until Asphalt 9 has beeb fixed.

[@peterserio7349]

He will never try it with a different game. It’s the only game that will get him the results that he wants. There have been multiple requests from commenters to try a different game but he never does. There are other KZbinrs that show the S23 Ultra taking a shit when playing Genshin Impact. Also, the Tensor G3 clearly has a much weaker GPU than the A17pro but somehow still runs all the apps . There must be something in this test that doesn’t allow the A17pro to run all the apps simultaneously. As someone mentioned previously, it may have something to do with screen sharing being cpu/gpu intensive on the IPhone as the fps was triple the Android devices.

[@uriw2662]

@@peterserio7349 That is, the author of the test is cheating?

[@andyH_England]

Yes, Asphalt had an update to fix this about two weeks ago and the iPhone footage is from two weeks ago. The question is whether this was on the updated Asphalt 9 or the buggy one?

[@uriw2662]

@@peterserio7349 I decided to conduct a similar test myself. Since I don’t have a Samsung s 23 ultra, I decided to test my iPhone 14 pro max 256 GB, which I recently purchased. I didn’t update it: it comes with iOS 16.2 out of the box. I started a conference with a screen share, though with one phone, video on KZbin, 4K in picture-in-picture mode and navigation. The difference from the author of the test was that wi-fi was connected, not 5g. Well, I launched Asphalt 9. The iPhone did not freeze or lag for 25 minutes games. As for the decrease in brightness, I can’t say anything, maybe there was something. This is the result I got.

[@nafri89]

Im glad ive returned the 15 pro max. Never thought this would be the best decision in my life.

[@MaxCaud]

If the best decision IN YOUR LIFE is returning a phone then you might want to look in the mirror.... Just returned Pixel 8 after it could not even smoothly load my photos in Google Photos without lagging. Picture resolution in apps like Twitter and Instagram were blurry. Phone got very hot, had poor battery and has this stutter when scrolling. Meanwhile Samsung uses modern UFS 4.0 and Apple NVMe storage, google cuts corners as always.

[@nafri89]

@@MaxCaud I own the ZF4, S23U and the IP13PM. Thought it would be a good upgrade to the IP15PM but after some personal testings and poor international reports, i returned it. And yeah, im never a fan of Pixels anw. Their durability is always below average, designs not to my likings and chips are always subpar.

[@shreyass2447]

​@@nafri89what deficiencies did you find after your personal testings?

[@ayoubel1587]

thank's for the comparison, wating for a full battery test comparison.

[@raed.gilani]

Why particularly this game only? Why not try others as well, brother?

[@raed.gilani]

Why not spmething like CODM/PUBG/Genshin Impact/ML-BB?

[@TJCCBR47]

The testing is great, but about temperature: with thermal camera do a geek bench run and identify the hot spot, let the phone cool down and before doing your Heavy Workload Test, stick a Thermal probe in the hotspot, this way you can show in real time the temperature, will be great!

[@mohamedabdelsalam6094]

S23 ultra did it again. 💪🏽

[@rudranilghosh2713]

Most top youtubers are sold behind the scenes by either apple or samsung which is evident from the content of those youtubers. There are very few honest youtubers left. You're one of them.

[@collins644]

Bro I love love love you so much,l. Your the only KZbinr who speaks the absolute truth.

[@LordGwynn]

😂

[@deckhead33]

The only one who gives false hope to android simpletons.

[@internationaltrailers2815]

For anyone saying Iphone geekbench is GIMMICKY. Just letting you know 95 percent of PUBG/BGMI , LOL WILD RIFT, Mobile Legends competitive players/ KZbinrs choose Iphones over everything else. If that is not a statement for performance and stability not sure what is. S23 ultra is great but in app optimisation no android can touch Iphone. An example being- Its been 9 months since S23 Ultra released and only recently that is 2 months back S23U got 90fps support in PUBG/BGMI. Even then 90Fps is not stable as Iphone as per youtube comparisions. Furthermore there is still no proper fix for shutter lag while using camera even after 9 months. These so called in depth tech reviewers never talk about these things but claim to care about user experience over on paper specifications. Used an s7 edge before shifting to iphone 11 and am never going back to android again not because of android but mainly because of smartphone manufacturers who use android. My s7 edge slowed down to death after android oreo update. Could not use basic things like GMAPS, Spotify and so on . So beware of commenting that i have never used a flagship Android lol😂. Even after 4 years my Iphone 11 play PUBG like a charm without frame drops and where as this so called flagship android of the year because of optimisation issue could not even run the game consistently without frame drops. So there is your performance review from a user who games a lot.

[@Steve21_harris]

Didn't the iPhone crash while playing asphalt so shut the he'll up😹😹🤓🤓

[@frankw3123]

This proves Apple geek bench don't matter lol. IPhones dimming like crazy and crashing. This is crazy. All these tech influencers going on about geek bench. Stupid. As always, you are the GOAT

[@bulletpunch9317]

If you see the subtests in geekbench you'll know a lot of the tests where apple is much faster in are like photo editing tests, like background blur, object remover, photo filter, hdr etc.

[@andyH_England]

This test has found an oblique test that few if any of us would ever do. Its purely for fun and irrelevant, as most of us would never do multiple actions like this regular on a phone as it is very poor results. Even though the Samsung won, it still had rubbish screen sharing.

[@Lee.S321]

@@andyH_England Never tried Samsung phone screen sharing, but split screen multi-tasking & Dex make Samsung phones by far the best productivity phones on the market (use case dependent).

[@andyH_England]

@@Lee.S321 Yes, Samsung devices are for power-users and those that appreciate a phone as not just a phone, but a mini-computer. I do not think anyone could argue with that.

[@Lee.S321]

@@Harry_Henderson I doubt it. Maxtech are your typical 'look at the shiny' type KZbin reviewers, & just run a bunch of pointless benchmarks. I doubt they'll ever take the time to learn anything about the tech they're reviewing.

[@techny3000]

Man I love this comparisons Definitely didn't expect the 8 Pro to lose the most battery

[@adsrbad9733]

Unfortunate from Apple’s POV but predictable as seen from Geekerwan’s A17 Pro review. Hopefully this encourages Apple to further innovate on their GPU especially. Also, just want to say you should try to match the battery level before game. Apple is notorious for their battery percentage not at all being indicative of real-world battery drain.

[@erfanparsa5936]

this was by far the best graphics comparison in KZbin❤

[@kieran9882]

Asphalt 9 is poorly optimised for iPhones. I’m sure you saw this is the game Apple publicly mentioned in the news, they said they are trying to get the developer of that game to release a patch. You used the same game twice in a row for these tests since then. I still don’t know how these phones compare since we already know the games a broken port.

[@ps24love]

Aspalt 9 is one of the few mobile games that run mostly on gpu.its perfect cos it can play by itself. to fault your perspective, if i play only asphalt 9 only on iphone 15pm, it will run fine. the problem is (1) a17 pro is a hot chip like sd 8 gen 1, watch geekerwan channel (2) bad cooling (3) lower cores and less multitasking focused ios (4) sd 8 gen 2 is slightly better in gpu,has faster ssd and ram. This is not the first time this is happening and ppl argue about this test a lot citing its uselessness but my nephew is a mobile game streamer, so he plays a game, overlays like a video call and connect to 5g network( so his scenerio is getting closer to this)

[@LordGwynn]

This guys the best samsung salesman there is

[@NeutronStar9]

Can you please test this amazing test setup again but this time with FHD+?

[@phothewin6019]

This was with the older iOS, right? Shouldn't you do a new one with the latest iOS? Didn't they fix some things?

[@thepizzaeater2193]

Idk if other people are really paying attention but that screen sharing component is an insanely intensive application, I'm shocked the iPhone was likely transmitting 3x the fps more than the other 2 even with all the other things going on. I wonder if the Pixel was encoding the content via AV1 since I heard the Tensor G3 includes hardware encoding of AV1

[@rhsydmb]

no

[@TECHSAVI_1]

That's bcs sansung was sharing it high resolution

[@shashwatshukla5462]

Pushing as much activity as possible to stress test RAM, CPU and GPU is good for fun but distracts people from real life usage scenarios. From a stress test perspective, S23 definitely kills it but in a realistic day to day scenario, most you would do is take a teams call while playing game and there iPhone shines much brighter than S23 in my experience. I play Call of duty on highest settings while having teams call and phone remains buttery smooth. It gets hot yes, and thermals are the weakest point that’s true. But it hasn’t throttled for me.

[@segarrarios]

I've been telling people that Tensor isn't bad (not even Tensor G1). Android 12 was the issue and Google knows this, which is why they changed their update policity to "when it's ready" instead of the first monday of the month. Sadly, a rushed up version of Android stained the Tensor's reputation and Google needs to clear up it's name. I still rock the Pixel 6 Pro and it's really good on Android 14. Could you do the same test with Pixel 6, 7 and 8? The results will surely prove my point.

[@Joy-e5m4v]

Tensor is still inefficient, what is your point? It consumed more power in this test with low quality graphics on top of that. Additionally, its benchmarks are simply inferior compared to the competition so I'd take the S23 ultra any day

[@Qwty163]

You might have a point with the stability of the software, but it doesn’t mean the chip is any good, no sugarcoating here, Tensor is *GARBAGE* Even if the peak performance doesn’t matter much, it’s still very far behind it’s competitors, not to mention the power consumption of Tensor chips are ludicrous, choosing Tensor over other chips is basically you saying “I want worse performance AND worse battery life” I do understand that the Tensor isn’t all about the performance, but it still doesn’t change the fact that the fundamental aspects of the Tensor chips are downright horrific compared to competitors.

[@yazouruaim694]

Tensor chip is more focused on AI

[@segarrarios]

@@Joy-e5m4v My point is that Tensor is better than what people make it seem like. What car do you drive? Is it the fastest? Is it the smartest? The most fuel efficient? Using absolutes when comparing technology is such a lazy way to make an argument. Not everyone needs the S23 ultra and it's quite a big difference in $. As I matter of fact, I know you don't even use your S23 ultra (if you even own one) to it's full capabilities. Most people giving their opinions on the Internet have zero fundamentals, just like you.

[@Joy-e5m4v]

@@yazouruaim694 it performs worse than snapdragon and apple's bionic chip on ai benchmarks as well

[@TERINJH]

Thank you for this test. Hopefully you continue these kinds of hardcore tests more often.

[@theidiotgamer4306]

Only phone that can beat s23 ultra, is s24 ultra... ahahaahah

[@gamingwithxtreme2543]

I was relatively disappointed at iPhone's Performance, being an Apple Fan, but to be honest, I'm highly sure nobody would be using a phone at such a high performance, and I feel like Apple should keep everything on this Phone except the Gaming, Thermals and Durability, or else it is a remarkable phone.

[@merdem7805]

tensor g3 is not as bad as i thought

[@masoodshah84]

was thinking the same G3 is great.

[@bulletpunch9317]

Yeah g3 is probably close to 8+g1.

[@jeraldneiladan937]

Good Review 👍🏼 where did you get your Pixel here in the UAE?

[@morm2173]

The s23 ultra is far superior with the s pen gestures and utilization when my fingers get tired and for photos from a distance , Samsung health , Samsung flow , Dex , Samsung TV , wireless projection , 10 x zoom , emulator gaming way beyond the iPhone 15 pro expensive gaming , superb and best thermal management, superior multi tasking with exclusive edge panel up to 3 apps at a time , superior in screen fingerprint scanner etc . My s23 ultra is the phone champion on 2023 Pixel 8 pro has impressive AI and I love what they are offering but bad battery for me is a deal breaker and the s23 ultra is still the superior device and even better than the 15 pro max Come on the iPhone can't even multi task and honestly apple is based on simplicity and limitation and it should stay that way. Many features apple introduced like programmable side key and USB C Samsung we had that in 2019 and we've had for years . People saying iOS is better is nonsense and preposterous. Samsung is the king of smartphones and the s23 ultra is the champ barely a comparison

[@firstclass000]

You're getting way more for what you pay for on the Samsung than on any other phone. You get all these extra features like dex, s pen, and pro camera features.

[@morm2173]

@firstclassgamer00 exactly they are the most fun phones ive ever used

[@cheerful_crop_circle]

​@@firstclass000Even more than gaming phones?

[@firstclass000]

@@cheerful_crop_circle I think so. Gaming phones are meant for gaming so they ha e thr most gaming features. but the s23 ultra has the most all around features from camera, to software, and gaming

[@muktirdhaak]

I am pixel user since last 5/6 years. I have subscribed to your channel since the beginning..you are the best. Good luck❤

[@moiloic8433]

U set the 8 pro to maximum performance, it reduces the graphic quality to make the game smoother, its like u put it on low graphics which is not fair because u put the other two on high graphics

[@andyH_England]

Yes, the Pixel has a lot of AI specified usability, so they will cleverly align the performance to the workload. That means reduced GPU, a bit like GOS that Samsung has.

[@esoghumedominic13]

This is true comparison. Other reviewer will compare app opening, which can be varied by platforms, animation configuration, then peak brightness without pointing the screen resolution and ppi density, smooth animations without talking about compromise, smother the animations means slower transition. Titanium built that is for weight reduction forgot that the transition from plastic built to glass built is for premium feel which includes adding weight which to me I prefer stainless look and can help paint and even stainless back than glass back for durability which you can enjoy the feel without case.

[@ptwoods]

Although I have enjoyed your reviews for several years, somewhere I believe that this test makes no sense since people don't share their gaming screen when they play games. In my opinion, it should be better to see the performance of the phones under gaming alone since this is the way people play games.

[@arvandvarahram]

The purpose was to test the behaviour under heavy load, and not in artificial performance tests. And for that, a game is perfect.

[@ptwoods]

​@@arvandvarahramI agree with you but my point was different.

[@JohnSmith-el4ez]

Apple said that the iPhone 15 Pro Max can play console games, and yet it overheats, lags and crashes just from running a mobile game.

[@Anon1370]

them games will most likely be optimized the most for the phone so most likely it won't happen with the console games...

[@pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4065]

It's not a crash bro, a crash is when the app closes.

[@Korculanac11]

Exactly what i was thinking. Just wanted to add my2 cents. I have never ever run maps, teams meeting, asphalt 9 set the brightness to leave of the others. This test is basically running unrealistic test knowing full well the iPhone will struggle. In everyday use and even heavy use, I have never ever experienced issues that you are showing on these test. Anyway… i stopped watching at 30% cause i knew straight away were this is going.

[@lukabosnjak3829]

​@@Korculanac11 This is his goal, most importantly ios simply isn't designed to run so many things at once, it was trying to deliver best experience for every single app at the same time without regulating anything (for example screen sharing was much smoother on the 15 pro the whole time)... And if you try the normal use case scenario, iphone is the most enjoyable in every single app every single time

[@yazouruaim694]

​@@Korculanac11If it's a realistic test, this video would not called stress test...

[@yazouruaim694]

​@@lukabosnjak3829iPhone is not better in GPU demanding games...

[@yazouruaim694]

Bros iPhone crashed, not only closing the app but also the phone 🤣

[@monarch3724]

Really can't believe how good the tensor optimisation on pixel was

[@juicy__plane6712]

optimisation my ass, the graphics on the pixel 8 pro were CLEARLY worse than the other 2.

[@ikramshahar44]

​@@juicy__plane6712at least the Pixel did not crash and dim its brightness like the trash iPhone, which completely choked out and craashed. Not to mention the Pixel having more pixels than the iPhone and still being cheaper

[@ikramshahar44]

​@@juicy__plane6712The iPhone was also hotter😂😂😂

[@kjeevan9945]

Very nice comparison, and we see some of the apple fan boy KZbinrs mention about the overheating on pixel but none mention about iPhone. I think pixel improved quite a lot this year.

[@GREENSOURBALL]

As if y’all android fan boys don’t ever talk about the bad things about androids but always talk down on iPhones (and the people who own them). Which I don’t get. How come I only see android users coming at iPhone users and apple? Y’all care that much? It’s just a phone bro, get over it.

[@kjeevan9945]

@@GREENSOURBALLsame thing, it's just a phone get over it.

[@GREENSOURBALL]

@@kjeevan9945 I’m not the one arguing and harassing people cause of the phone they have?

[@kjeevan9945]

@@GREENSOURBALL me neither, I just pointed out some apple sided reviewers.

[@Adhnaan-en7tf]

Au r talking about Android fans?dude atleast he saying about reviewers but check all other site isheeps filled with hate dirctly saying dont pixel it overheat and dont buy samsung becz it has shitty software and bla bla bla

[@shadosmith9475]

on which version of IOS was this test done on ?

[@IDTR]

17.0.3

[@Eazidosit]

Great video that should remind people benchmarks aren't what matters. The slight difference in performance between the s23 and 8 pro means you can't go wrong either way. Which has been the case for years.

[@Lee.S321]

Although the S23U was the winner, considering price to performance, the Pixel is a beast.

[@Th3_Revolution]

You can tho. 8 pro battery life is pretty mediocre to say the least, compared to SD. The gaming perfomance is also pretty bad. Saying the difference is slight is a big cope

[@Eazidosit]

@@Th3_Revolution these devices score higher than a PS4 on geekbench. They are more than capable. It plays most games the same as the SD. Like last year the 7 pro played games like apex legends, COD, PUBG better than the s22 slightly. Those developers optimize their apps well. Genshin impact is not optimized for the tensor chip which is the biggest factor in a games/app performance on all these devices. Pixels also played games like Stand off 2 league of legends and more at higher settings. Being you are a techy I assume you know that optimization is key. Also the tensor has only been around for 3 years and developers are slower to optimize at the moment. Also I wouldn't call 7sot and a day and half a mediocre battery life. I have the device and the battery device is great. I also don't sit on my phone for 10 hours straight until I kill it being I have other things to do throughout the day like work. I use navigation some days 5 to 10 hours and it lasts until I get home most days with an hour of browsing or a quick gaming session during my hour break.

[@firstclass000]

​@@Th3_Revolutionpixel 8 pro is 200 dollars cheaper though

[@ismaeeldarwsh9716]

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[@dr_emmz]

I love your videos but I feel there's a little bit of unfairness happening here, I wish you did the comparison with all phones fully charged at 100%, it is obvious that the iPhone and the Google Pixel will not perform the best with that kind of battery life remaining, even on my s23 ultra I notice a significant difference when I'm gaming on 100% battery life than when I'm gaming on let's say 40 to 50%, the difference is night and day, but nevertheless I know the s23 ultra would still win, that phone is a beast

[@fluxmedia19]

People don't usually charge their phone to 100 before gaming. Some don't even charge their phones fully everyday I've used a Xiaomi device since April 2023 and I usually unplug it at 85%

[@amigosan]

that's complete lie, the phone does not behave differently in game with 100% or 50% battery it only behaves differently when reaching 15% and lower

[@FOURWHEEL_ER]

Nice Video Sir , The S23ULTRA is the BEST

[@Coco1477]

Very impressed with the P8pro, we all know its the weakest out of all of them since they focus on other things but this chip is much much better than the previous one. Quite shocked apple would allow such an unoptimized chipset on their newest phone actually, it seems theyre desperately trying to catch up to the SDgen2 and theyre failing.

[@skitzthegamer]

The issue with Asphalt 9 looking noticeably worse on the Pixel, is because you set the gaming dashboard to Performance. You need to set it to Quality for it to be a fair comparison.

[@Shockload]

Wow thee S23U is still king even after all these months and tests, great chipset, great optimization, great phone.

[@BackDaws]

The tensor 3 is using a completely different setup than usual, there's no way it's optimised yet, it took over 12 months for my pixel 6 pro to become the phone it should have been.

[@ookumakuma3188]

Wait,isnt everyone said iphone is better at gaming?

[@bulletpunch9317]

It is if you dont do anything else while gaming.

[@michaelwangzg]

So...android users drive the car with navigation, and also chat with video and play game. all these tasks are conducted at the same time. ok...wow!

[@ookumakuma3188]

@@michaelwangzg 🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.invincible]

​@@michaelwangzgAndroid users are multitaskers. 🗿

[@xrtlized]

@@michaelwangzg you're not getting the point here, its a "heavy workloads" test and those tasks he just did to the phones are really heavy and would not be done on a daily, this is to show that how phones are sustaining performance overtime not weirdly opening and closing apps to show that apple done a great job on their animations. Just deal with it tbh, hes just doing reviews just to show the dark and good side of every phone so that different ppl knows what to choose what to buy unlike those "tech reviewers" glazing the iphones with its usb c and bigger camera which i bet you cant even tell the difference between last years flagships.

[@Galaxy6374]

iPhone will always be king of the smartphone 👑

[@MoeruAcckkountu]

Android wouldn't exist without iPhone. They would be suk stuck with PDA and Palm top

[@pedrolopez8104]

@@MoeruAcckkountu android wouldn't exist without Steve jobs* iphone just keeps bringing the same phone every year

[@MoeruAcckkountu]

@@pedrolopez8104 don't think so. Android copied iPhone. And people don't care because it's cheaper. It's the same VHS vs Beta. Sony did most of the innovations first but VHS kept copying them and people didn't care because VHS was much cheaper than Bera and Sony was Anti consumer.

[@siuniupiu]

The graphics weren't as great on the Pixel 8 due to the chosen performance preset... It should've been left on standard

[@IDTR]

I tried both and I got the same graphics, I thought the same at first

[@leonardorodrigues7387]

The reason the graphics quality was lower on the Pixel, is because you chose performance in the game hub app. If you selected quality, it would've looked the same.

[@duck8997]

What’s the point of this unrealistic test? WHO on earth would ever do this? Lol 😂😂 This is worse than going by benchmarks lol

[@TheStopwatchGod]

Unrealistic is the name of the game

[@Short_N_Simple]

i do when i play racing games i play my favourite car music playlist while gaming

[@RagnarZizou]

So whats the need to pay 1500$ 🤔🤣

[@yazouruaim694]

It's literally called Stress test for a reason.... iPhone fan boys is going crazy to defend their favorite product 🤣

[@ZizoGFX]

It’s actually very funny that the S23 Ultra is very good at sustained performance yet it sucks at simple stuff like ui animations which is what 100% of the people using the phone will experience every day.

[@LF_Six]

Very pleased with what I saw happening with the iPhone 15 Pro Max during the video 😅

[@SPEDRUNNER-i3i]

apple kids are crying now😂🤏🏻🍼 S23 ULTRA🏆🏆🏆

[@jabwoy2233]

These test is some of the best I have seen so far

[@javoxir_100daraja]

Good video❤

[@BryanG830]

Pixel and Galaxy are both android and they did better than iOS on iPhone. And out of those three phones, the iPhone is the most expensive. What a waste of money.

[@Maldivian_Gru]

S23 ultra changed everything

[@andyH_England]

The Pixel did well. I was expecting worse. Though it did dial down settings in the game, which is fair enough as that is the point of artificial intelligence. S23U the comfortable winner and def the choice for those that have this workflow...

[@sho3021]

Love the comparison. Please just don't add fast forward sound. It's not necessary and doesn't add much value to your video quality. Thank you.

[@AliOlshan]

Wonderful, is there a way to make a video or a short to compare thermals of 8pro and 7pro? I am on the edge of ditching 7pro but not sure if its too much of a progress

[@oreo6524]

Great content man ...Can you try something else other than asphalt 8 ..something like Genshin Impact or PUBG ?

[@Wassupbro999]

he did onthe iphone 14 , genshin isnt optimsed for android phones

[@giolag5593]

It would be interesting if at the end of the session you run a Geekbench test to see how the processors maintain or not their performance under a lot of pressure

[@RizuKenz0]

Geekbench are cpu not gpu

[@TuttuYT-mz7xu]

My friends also bought S23 recently switching from iphone for a long time

[@DarkFlame8777]

Hey bro isn’t there some optimisation issue with teams could you instead live stream these onto KZbin or any streaming platform for testing cuz who is going to use Microsoft teams to play and share games ?

[@mahirtajwar1872]

The only reviewer to trust for performance comparisons

[@tapiolehto5312]

Thanks for the review, i was dreaming of the iPhone 15 pro max, having 11 pro. I,d like to play Company of heroes, Grid auto sport with bigger screen, those games work fine in my 11pro, camera is a big thing too.