Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra vs Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
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Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra Apple iPhone 13 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 13 Pro Max which is powered by Apple A15 Bionic and came out 8 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 (4)
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
- Newer Bluetooth version (v5.2)
- Fingerprint scanner
- Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
- Comes with 648 mAh larger battery capacity: 5000 vs 4352 mAh
- Uses a faster type of memory: LPDDR5 2750 MHz
- Has 2 SIM card slots
- 12% higher pixel density (515 vs 458 PPI)
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max
- Shows 40% longer battery life (43:44 vs 31:14 hours)
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Apple releases software updates and supports their phones a few years longer than Samsung
- 58% faster in single-core GeekBench 5 test: 1757 and 1114 points
- The phone is 8-months newer
Review
Display Screen quality color accuracy brightness Galaxy S21 Ultra 92 iPhone 13 Pro Max 91 Performance CPU/GPU performance in apps and games Galaxy S21 Ultra 81 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87 Battery Battery life charging type and speed Galaxy S21 Ultra 83 iPhone 13 Pro Max 93 Camera Photo and video recording quality Galaxy S21 Ultra 86 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87 Connectivity Networks ports data transmission Galaxy S21 Ultra 95 iPhone 13 Pro Max 77 NanoReview score Final comparison evaluation Galaxy S21 Ultra 84 iPhone 13 Pro Max 87
Value for money
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Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and tests Phone: Galaxy S21 Ultra vs iPhone 13 Pro Max
Display
| Type | Dynamic AMOLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.8 inches | 6.7 inches |
| Resolution | 1440 x 3200 pixels | 1284 x 2778 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 20:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 515 ppi | 458 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz | 120 Hz |
| Max rated brightness | 1500 nits | 1000 nits |
| Max rated brightness in HDR | - | 1200 nits |
| HDR support | Yes HDR10+ | Yes Dolby Vision |
| Screen protection | Gorilla Glass Victus | Ceramic Shield |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 89.8% | 87.4% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 - Always-On Display | - DCI-P3 |
Display tests | RGB color space | - | 99.9% |
| PWM | - | 238 Hz |
| Response time | - | 8.5 ms |
| Contrast | - | ∞ Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto) Galaxy S21 Ultra 1030 nits iPhone 13 Pro Max +2% 1051 nits Sources: NotebookCheck [3] [4]
Design and build
| Height | 165.1 mm (6.5 inches) | 160.8 mm (6.33 inches) |
| Width | 75.6 mm (2.98 inches) | 78.1 mm (3.07 inches) |
| Thickness | 8.9 mm (0.35 inches) | 7.65 mm (0.3 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 Blue Green |
| Fingerprint scanner | Yes in-display | No |
Screen-to-body ratio Galaxy S21 Ultra +3% 89.8% iPhone 13 Pro Max 87.4%
Performance
Tests of Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max in the benchmarks
SoC | Chipset | Samsung Exynos 2100 | Apple A15 Bionic |
| Max. clock | 2840 MHz | 3200 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: Blizzard - 2 cores at 3.24 GHz: Avalanche |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Graphics | Mali-G78 MP14 | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 760 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Memory | RAM size | 12 16 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory clock | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
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 13 Pro Max +58% 1757 Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core) Galaxy S21 Ultra 3533 iPhone 13 Pro Max +35% 4752 AnTuTu Benchmark 9 Galaxy S21 Ultra 765800 iPhone 13 Pro Max +4% 798603
| CPU | 198194 | 213823 |
| GPU | 290543 | 317561 |
| Memory | 132758 | 126792 |
| UX | 138398 | 136444 |
| Total score | 765800 | 798603 |
3DMark Wild Life Performance Galaxy S21 Ultra 5221 iPhone 13 Pro Max +82% 9483
| Stability | 69% | 82% |
| Graphics test | 31 FPS | 56 FPS |
| Graphics score | 5221 | 9483 |
AnTuTu 9 Android Rating Sources: 3DMark [3] [4] ▶️ Submit your AnTuTu result
Software
| Operating system | Android 11 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) | iOS 15 (Can be upgraded to iOS 16) |
| ROM | One UI 5.0 | - |
| OS size | 26.4 GB | 13 GB |
Battery
Specifications | Capacity | 5000 mAh | 4352 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 (42% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:11 hr | 1:46 hr |
Battery life tests | Web browsing | 10:13 hr | 14:55 hr |
| Watching video | 15:32 hr | 20:14 hr |
| Gaming | 05:26 hr | 07:42 hr |
| Standby | 98 hr | 140 hr |
General battery life Galaxy S21 Ultra 31:14 hr iPhone 13 Pro Max +40% 43:44 hr Smartphone Battery Life Ranking
Camera
Specs and camera test of smartphones
Main camera | Matrix | 108 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 12000 x 9000 | 4032 x 3024 |
| 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 (12 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 | - 12 MP - Aperture: f/1.5 - Focal length: 26 mm - Pixel size: 1.9 micron - Sensor: 1/1.66" Sony IMX703 (Exmor-RS CMOS) - 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 - Pixel size: 1 micron - 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/1.8 - Focal length: 13 mm - Pixel size: 1 micron - Phase autofocus |
| Depth lens | - | - Pixel size: 1 micron |
| 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 13 Pro Max from DxOMark |
Selfie camera | Megapixels | 40 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 7864 x 5200 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 23 mm |
| Pixel size | 0.7 microns | 1 microns |
| Sensor type | ISOCELL CMOS | Exmor-RS 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 13 Pro Max +13% 144 Video quality Galaxy S21 Ultra 98 iPhone 13 Pro Max +21% 119 Generic camera score Galaxy S21 Ultra 121 iPhone 13 Pro Max +13% 137
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 |
| Bluetooth features | LE A2DP | LE A2DP |
| 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 | 18 |
| 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 +10% 88 dB iPhone 13 Pro Max 80.2 dB
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | January 2021 | September 2021 |
| Release date | February 2021 | September 2021 |
| SAR (head) | 0.71 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 1.58 W/kg | 0.98 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 and battery life are more important to you then choose the Apple iPhone 13 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 2904 (54.2%) Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max 2458 (45.8%) Vote Total votes:
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User opinions
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Nome 06 March 2022 23:31 S21 ultra better than iphone +14 Reply
SMe 09 December 2021 19:52 Of course s21 ultra is better. But wait... S22 is coming and it's a real KING :) +55 Reply
User 8113 09 December 2021 10:37 The Galaxy s21 ultra has the highest number of features so it's the winner. +31 Reply
ok. 22 December 2021 17:13 s21 ultra’s absolutely garbage +33 Reply
Armaa Singh 09 October 2021 18:08 Why the overall score is too high of iphone 13. It should be 95 s21 and 93 for 13 +20 Reply
Root 10 October 2021 11:45 Hi. Every score category has its own weight. They are not equal. +13 Reply Name Message Send Send
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