With every new flagship smartphone's arrival, we get the usual benchmark and real-life speed tests. The latest iPhone typically wins these comparisons, as the Android camp has yet to catch up to Apple's A-series chips. The A17 Pro in the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max is even more formidable. It's the only 3nm mobile chip in the industry, and the only one that can handle console-grade games.
The iPhone wins the first lap by a huge margin, finishing 27 seconds before the Pixel 8 Pro. The latter then lost an additional 13 seconds in the second lap despite rocking more memory . Pixel 8 Pro vs. iPhone 15 Pro Max speed test. That's a sizable 40-second gap between the two handsets. What that means for Pixel 8 buyers is that they'll spend more time loading apps than iPhone 15 Pro users.