**iPhone vs Galaxy Note 8: A Hands-On Comparison**

As we put both devices through our usual tests, it became clear that while they share some similarities, there are also some key differences. Loading up the phone was faster on the iPhone than on the Galaxy Note 8 in most areas, with a notable exception being the Note 8's app launch speed.

"Loaded here first," said our tester, "Wow, the processor definitely is very evenly matched in terms of gigahertz speed this one is an octa-core though this one is only a quad-core." The Note 8's octa-core processor did give it an edge in terms of raw processing power, but the iPhone's quad-core processor was still able to keep up in most areas.

One area where the Note 8 excelled was in gaming. When playing popular titles like Minecraft and Mario Run, the Note 8 was noticeably faster than the iPhone. "Mario run," said our tester, "1 2 3 so far the note 8 is owning the iPhone in most areas that's crazy loaded here first." The Note 8's superior processing power made it better suited for demanding games.

However, when running individual apps, such as Zynga Poker and Netflix, the iPhone was able to load them slightly faster than the Note 8. "Zynga," said our tester, "1 2 3 poker and iPhone seems to be ahead yes on that one." The web-based app launching speed was also a key area where the iPhone took the lead.

**Browser Tests**

To get a better sense of how both devices would perform in everyday use, we ran some browser tests using the native Chrome browser and Safari on the iPhone. Starting with reddit.com, the iPhone loaded the page slightly faster than the Note 8. "reddit com," said our tester, "1 2 3 and the iPhone loaded that one just a tad bit faster." The same trend was seen when loading cnn.com, with the iPhone taking the lead.

However, things took a surprising turn when testing Samsung's own website, samsung.com. The Note 8 was able to load the page significantly faster than the iPhone. "Samsung," said our tester, "one two three and Wow of course this one loads its hometown first." This was a notable exception to the trend we'd seen so far.

**Geekbench Scores**

To get a better sense of how both devices would perform in terms of raw processing power, we ran some Geekbench tests. The results were impressive for the Note 8, with it scoring around 1880 single-core points and 60-69 multi-core points. This was significantly higher than the iPhone's scores, which came in at around 6000 multi-core points.

However, when looking at the GPU performance, things got more interesting. The Note 8 was able to score a 3.5 single-core point, while the iPhone scored around 2.7. This was due to the Note 8's superior hardware capabilities.

**Temperature Tests**

To get a better sense of how both devices would perform under heavy load, we ran some temperature tests using an Android app. The results were surprising - the iPhone ended up heating up more than the Note 8, with temperatures reaching as high as 99 degrees Celsius.

On the other hand, the Note 8's superior heat dissipation capabilities allowed it to maintain a lower temperature even under heavy load. This was likely due to its larger display size, which provided more room for airflow.

**Fingerprint Sensor Speed**

Finally, we tested the fingerprint sensor speed on both devices. The iPhone's sensor was able to register fingerprints significantly faster than the Note 8's sensor, with a notable difference in terms of positioning. "Screen on," said our tester, "1 2 3 yeah definitely faster here as well it's the animation on the iPhone that kills it." This was likely due to the iPhone's more advanced fingerprint recognition algorithm.

Overall, while both devices have their strengths and weaknesses, it's clear that the Galaxy Note 8 is a formidable competitor in terms of raw processing power. Its superior hardware capabilities make it better suited for demanding tasks, but its limitations in terms of app launch speed and GPU performance mean that the iPhone is still the better choice for everyday use.

As we look ahead to the release of the new Samsung flagship devices, one thing is clear - competition is heating up in the smartphone world. The Note 8 may have been a surprise contender, but it's shown that even the largest manufacturers can innovate and push the boundaries of what's possible.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up guys is everything Apple Prue here and the mammoth arises the simpson galaxy note2 8 is here with its dual lens camera massive 6.3 inch display and it's basically the embodiment of a Samsung Galaxy s8 in a note shell so let's see how it compares to Apple's biggest and best offering at this time which would be the iPhone 7 plus yes I know the iPhone 8 is practically here and I will test it with it when it comes out but it's not here now is it anyways let's go ahead and see how these compare in an ultimate speed test and see which one is the dominant winner Apple with its a10 chip which has proved to be quite the competition as no smartphone has been able to surpass its but the note 8 comes with an additional gigabytes of RAM so let's see if that makes an impact in a speed and day-to-day real-life usage comparison and I just wanted to mention that using these things side-by-side makes my iPhone 7 plus feel ancient this thing is massive dominated by the crystal clear OLED display it looks great anyways let's jump into the real-world usage test so with all of the apps cleared from the app switcher I'm gonna start by launching the clock and starting a timer this is testing a bunch of applications that you would use on a day-to-day basis you know Instagram snapchats take some pictures and the note 8 and iPhone 7 plus are budding heads they are just keeping up to one another so in Photoshop Express we're gonna be editing an 8k image and exporting it and at this point this is the closest I've ever seen a phone come to the iPhone 7 plus the 1 plus 5 was closed because of the lack of animations but both here are incredibly fast they note a two loads minecraft faster jumping into Super Mario run they're still at the same spot in this test so it definitely tells me the extra two gigabytes of RAM on the note 8 are probably helping maybe it's the Android 7.1.1 optimization because the galaxy s 8 started to fall behind at this point iPhone 7 applause barely barely searches for word as the loading time on asphalt was a little bit so long on the note 8 but are still on the same application at this point and by the way the Galaxy Note 8 isn't utilizing its screen completely in order to keep up with the iPhone 7 plus it has to be in full HD display mode if it was actually running in q HD I think this test would be a much different test but most people will be using it in this mode so that's only fair now this is where the iPhone 7 plus starts to surge forward and a lot of those basic applications web-based Amazon Netflix uber SoundCloud it's definitely pushing forward but the note 8 is just a couple steps behind I mean this is such a small margin you're really not gonna notice that much in your day-to-day usage I was very very impressed with Z Note 8 and just how it kept up with the iPhone 7 plus anyways once we started editing a video or importing one into a video editor video shop this is a 4k about a minute and a half of video and it's the exact same one exact same format on both devices this is where the note 8 started to fall behind it took a lot longer for it to prepare the video clip and then to compile it and export it to the gallery so in the meantime the iPhone 7 plus is on round 2 the iPhone has always been a champ of keeping apps running in the background having them stay exactly where they were when you last left them no matter how many you have open so while the Galaxy Note 8 was still compiling the video the iPhone 7 plus was making the rounds into already opened applications and ready to go so that's a round two for the iPhone 7 plus on ten point three point three which is pretty dang good and comes in at 31 seconds for round 2 round 1 was 2 minutes and 49 seconds you know it's very consistent with past results I've had in these kind of tests so the note 8 just finishes up now at 4 minutes and 29 seconds for round 1 and jumping into round 2 you can see that all of the applications are already loaded in the maps Photoshop Express exactly where it was left export this one once again we got minecraft and Mario run so everything was where I left it for the most part there was a slight pause for some of the applications when loading it where there wasn't on at the iPhone but this is a huge improvement over the Samsung Galaxy s8 if you remember that test I'm hoping that Samson continues to optimize that as well but the note 8 with its extra 2 gigabytes of RAM is definitely better so overall 5 minutes to finish this test around 2 was 37 seconds so very close to round 2 on the iPhone alright so next up I would like to do a startup test so both of these did very well the Galaxy Note 8 was very close in the apps it's only when I began compiling the video the 4k about minute and a half video that it started to struggle and fall behind otherwise it is very very capable I can tell I mean six gigs of ram really helps all the apps that on the galaxy s 8 weren't refreshed before definitely were on this guy anyways just quick little test that doesn't really mean much to startup but with all the apps are still open so let's go ahead and turn these guys off and turn them on at the same time now the one on the left the Galaxy Note 8 is running Android 7.1.1 my Galaxy S 8 plus doesn't even have that yet so it's definitely ahead of it we'll see if that changes anything this one iOS 10 point three point three buts it's about to be updated to iOS 11 soon starting up in three two one and they are off so there it is the newest Galaxy Note 8 versus the iPhone now this one has a 10 nanometer processor which is ahead of this guy the iPhone 8 is gonna get a 10 nanometer one but this thing is already ahead of its technically in the actual nanometer size so wow I was surprisingly quick if it weren't for the t-mobile logo maybe it would have been more evenly matched but both are surprisingly quick they're using very very fast storage so boot up times really aren't even a problem never have been really on phones anyways so from here let's just go ahead and do a general speed comparison alright so I'm gonna go ahead and clear the app switchers of course I do Envy the galaxies they can just do it with a one-click right there there's a lot of stuff that I do appreciate about the Galaxy phones for sure don't get me wrong just because I'm an Apple channel doesn't mean I don't credit them where credit is due I love a lot of these smaller things that make life easier for sure anyway so let's go ahead and launch some of those applications side by side to get a more even representation so snapchat 1 2 3 wow it actually loaded almost 2 times as fast on you know date Instagram 1 2 3 I'm definitely loaded faster this one was still refreshing on the notes 8 it was faster camera 1 2 3 about the same they're both very good Google Maps 1 2 3 Wow on the iPhone that one loaded faster for some reason Photoshop Express 1 2 3 and on the iPhone loaded up faster cool minecraft 1 2 3 and it looks like oh no Galaxy Note 2 8 there's a little drawn out there but did finish up faster Mario run 1 2 3 so far the note 8 is owning the iPhone in most areas that's crazy loaded here first Wow the processor definitely is very evenly matched in terms of gigahertz speed this one is an octa-core though this one is only a quad-core 1 2 3 definitely seeing that difference here I was not seeing this with the Galaxy s8 I'm very impressed again huh this one was a little bit more evenly matched actually grant of thought of 1 2 3 there's a little lag when you click on the app before it launches which I don't like but it is ahead on this one as well alright moving on to Zynga 1 2 3 poker and iPhone seems to be ahead yes on that one a web-based app Netflix 1 2 3 and faster on iPhone the web-based stuff very very close test I'm very surprised by the note 8 again it is the newer version it's not really competing with the 7 plus anymore it's supposed to be competing with the iPhone 8 and will do that test later on of course but for the most part I'd say that individual app launching it was faster for most apps alright so let's go ahead and do some browser tests using the native Chrome browser and Safari on the iPhone so starting with reddit com 1 2 3 and the iPhone loaded that one just a tad bit faster and cnn.com 1 2 3 again the iPhone loaded that one just a second faster let's try Apple com 1 2 3 and of course apples native hometown it loaded first let's try Samsung one two three and Wow of course this one loads its hometown first samsung.com cool alright so next up let's take a look at the Geekbench scores here this is gonna be a very close one very excited to see how they compare so this shows the lowest speed 1.9 gigahertz cores but it goes up to two point three five which is very evenly matched with this guy they both go up to that peak gigahertz speed so let's go ahead and run this benchmark here see what we got alright and here it is the moment of truth we're pretty familiar with the iPhones usually gets around 6000 multi-core score and three and a half single core score I've seen and go up to 3600 and it's about the same as the Galaxy S a it's 1880 single core and multi is about 60 to 69 so it beats out the iPhone on multi but then again it has a octa-core processor double that of the iPhone and with half of the resources it still makes do I mean look at that single core score that's ridiculous very awesome to see some real competition and smartphones though anyways one more let's go ahead and do an an to do this will factor in the GPUs as well and just for fun I want to go ahead and test the actual temperature of these devices under full load like this under benchmarks so I want to see the hottest point on both of them I mean I know the Galaxy Note series hasn't had a very good history with heat and the battery issue so let's see how hot this one gets 99 degrees dang I did not expect that the iPhone heats up more than the note 8 to 1 oh 4.21 maybe because it has a less area for heat dissipation it does have a bigger display I don't know interesting and Wow there is something I did not expect the Galaxy Note 8 schooled the iPhone 7 plus about 46,000 more points in the antutu benchmark last thing I wanted to test is the fingerprint sensor speed gonna be a pain with it on the back but let's see how it competes in terms of speed alright now this may take a few tries it's very hard to find that positioning on the back of this phone it gets even harder than the SI because it's larger one two three ooh there we go no animation like the iPhone gets in faster 1 2 3 definitely faster let's try screen on and 1 2 3 yeah definitely faster here as well it's the animation on the iPhone that kills it alright guys so there it is that is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 a very capable device but we're gonna have to see how it competes with its true competitor the iPhone 8 in just a couple weeks here either way Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 great processor this thing definitely handles memory very well doesn't reload apps like the galaxy s 8 plus a definite improvement over the s8 series hope you guys enjoyed this video stay tuned for more peacewhat's up guys is everything Apple Prue here and the mammoth arises the simpson galaxy note2 8 is here with its dual lens camera massive 6.3 inch display and it's basically the embodiment of a Samsung Galaxy s8 in a note shell so let's see how it compares to Apple's biggest and best offering at this time which would be the iPhone 7 plus yes I know the iPhone 8 is practically here and I will test it with it when it comes out but it's not here now is it anyways let's go ahead and see how these compare in an ultimate speed test and see which one is the dominant winner Apple with its a10 chip which has proved to be quite the competition as no smartphone has been able to surpass its but the note 8 comes with an additional gigabytes of RAM so let's see if that makes an impact in a speed and day-to-day real-life usage comparison and I just wanted to mention that using these things side-by-side makes my iPhone 7 plus feel ancient this thing is massive dominated by the crystal clear OLED display it looks great anyways let's jump into the real-world usage test so with all of the apps cleared from the app switcher I'm gonna start by launching the clock and starting a timer this is testing a bunch of applications that you would use on a day-to-day basis you know Instagram snapchats take some pictures and the note 8 and iPhone 7 plus are budding heads they are just keeping up to one another so in Photoshop Express we're gonna be editing an 8k image and exporting it and at this point this is the closest I've ever seen a phone come to the iPhone 7 plus the 1 plus 5 was closed because of the lack of animations but both here are incredibly fast they note a two loads minecraft faster jumping into Super Mario run they're still at the same spot in this test so it definitely tells me the extra two gigabytes of RAM on the note 8 are probably helping maybe it's the Android 7.1.1 optimization because the galaxy s 8 started to fall behind at this point iPhone 7 applause barely barely searches for word as the loading time on asphalt was a little bit so long on the note 8 but are still on the same application at this point and by the way the Galaxy Note 8 isn't utilizing its screen completely in order to keep up with the iPhone 7 plus it has to be in full HD display mode if it was actually running in q HD I think this test would be a much different test but most people will be using it in this mode so that's only fair now this is where the iPhone 7 plus starts to surge forward and a lot of those basic applications web-based Amazon Netflix uber SoundCloud it's definitely pushing forward but the note 8 is just a couple steps behind I mean this is such a small margin you're really not gonna notice that much in your day-to-day usage I was very very impressed with Z Note 8 and just how it kept up with the iPhone 7 plus anyways once we started editing a video or importing one into a video editor video shop this is a 4k about a minute and a half of video and it's the exact same one exact same format on both devices this is where the note 8 started to fall behind it took a lot longer for it to prepare the video clip and then to compile it and export it to the gallery so in the meantime the iPhone 7 plus is on round 2 the iPhone has always been a champ of keeping apps running in the background having them stay exactly where they were when you last left them no matter how many you have open so while the Galaxy Note 8 was still compiling the video the iPhone 7 plus was making the rounds into already opened applications and ready to go so that's a round two for the iPhone 7 plus on ten point three point three which is pretty dang good and comes in at 31 seconds for round 2 round 1 was 2 minutes and 49 seconds you know it's very consistent with past results I've had in these kind of tests so the note 8 just finishes up now at 4 minutes and 29 seconds for round 1 and jumping into round 2 you can see that all of the applications are already loaded in the maps Photoshop Express exactly where it was left export this one once again we got minecraft and Mario run so everything was where I left it for the most part there was a slight pause for some of the applications when loading it where there wasn't on at the iPhone but this is a huge improvement over the Samsung Galaxy s8 if you remember that test I'm hoping that Samson continues to optimize that as well but the note 8 with its extra 2 gigabytes of RAM is definitely better so overall 5 minutes to finish this test around 2 was 37 seconds so very close to round 2 on the iPhone alright so next up I would like to do a startup test so both of these did very well the Galaxy Note 8 was very close in the apps it's only when I began compiling the video the 4k about minute and a half video that it started to struggle and fall behind otherwise it is very very capable I can tell I mean six gigs of ram really helps all the apps that on the galaxy s 8 weren't refreshed before definitely were on this guy anyways just quick little test that doesn't really mean much to startup but with all the apps are still open so let's go ahead and turn these guys off and turn them on at the same time now the one on the left the Galaxy Note 8 is running Android 7.1.1 my Galaxy S 8 plus doesn't even have that yet so it's definitely ahead of it we'll see if that changes anything this one iOS 10 point three point three buts it's about to be updated to iOS 11 soon starting up in three two one and they are off so there it is the newest Galaxy Note 8 versus the iPhone now this one has a 10 nanometer processor which is ahead of this guy the iPhone 8 is gonna get a 10 nanometer one but this thing is already ahead of its technically in the actual nanometer size so wow I was surprisingly quick if it weren't for the t-mobile logo maybe it would have been more evenly matched but both are surprisingly quick they're using very very fast storage so boot up times really aren't even a problem never have been really on phones anyways so from here let's just go ahead and do a general speed comparison alright so I'm gonna go ahead and clear the app switchers of course I do Envy the galaxies they can just do it with a one-click right there there's a lot of stuff that I do appreciate about the Galaxy phones for sure don't get me wrong just because I'm an Apple channel doesn't mean I don't credit them where credit is due I love a lot of these smaller things that make life easier for sure anyway so let's go ahead and launch some of those applications side by side to get a more even representation so snapchat 1 2 3 wow it actually loaded almost 2 times as fast on you know date Instagram 1 2 3 I'm definitely loaded faster this one was still refreshing on the notes 8 it was faster camera 1 2 3 about the same they're both very good Google Maps 1 2 3 Wow on the iPhone that one loaded faster for some reason Photoshop Express 1 2 3 and on the iPhone loaded up faster cool minecraft 1 2 3 and it looks like oh no Galaxy Note 2 8 there's a little drawn out there but did finish up faster Mario run 1 2 3 so far the note 8 is owning the iPhone in most areas that's crazy loaded here first Wow the processor definitely is very evenly matched in terms of gigahertz speed this one is an octa-core though this one is only a quad-core 1 2 3 definitely seeing that difference here I was not seeing this with the Galaxy s8 I'm very impressed again huh this one was a little bit more evenly matched actually grant of thought of 1 2 3 there's a little lag when you click on the app before it launches which I don't like but it is ahead on this one as well alright moving on to Zynga 1 2 3 poker and iPhone seems to be ahead yes on that one a web-based app Netflix 1 2 3 and faster on iPhone the web-based stuff very very close test I'm very surprised by the note 8 again it is the newer version it's not really competing with the 7 plus anymore it's supposed to be competing with the iPhone 8 and will do that test later on of course but for the most part I'd say that individual app launching it was faster for most apps alright so let's go ahead and do some browser tests using the native Chrome browser and Safari on the iPhone so starting with reddit com 1 2 3 and the iPhone loaded that one just a tad bit faster and cnn.com 1 2 3 again the iPhone loaded that one just a second faster let's try Apple com 1 2 3 and of course apples native hometown it loaded first let's try Samsung one two three and Wow of course this one loads its hometown first samsung.com cool alright so next up let's take a look at the Geekbench scores here this is gonna be a very close one very excited to see how they compare so this shows the lowest speed 1.9 gigahertz cores but it goes up to two point three five which is very evenly matched with this guy they both go up to that peak gigahertz speed so let's go ahead and run this benchmark here see what we got alright and here it is the moment of truth we're pretty familiar with the iPhones usually gets around 6000 multi-core score and three and a half single core score I've seen and go up to 3600 and it's about the same as the Galaxy S a it's 1880 single core and multi is about 60 to 69 so it beats out the iPhone on multi but then again it has a octa-core processor double that of the iPhone and with half of the resources it still makes do I mean look at that single core score that's ridiculous very awesome to see some real competition and smartphones though anyways one more let's go ahead and do an an to do this will factor in the GPUs as well and just for fun I want to go ahead and test the actual temperature of these devices under full load like this under benchmarks so I want to see the hottest point on both of them I mean I know the Galaxy Note series hasn't had a very good history with heat and the battery issue so let's see how hot this one gets 99 degrees dang I did not expect that the iPhone heats up more than the note 8 to 1 oh 4.21 maybe because it has a less area for heat dissipation it does have a bigger display I don't know interesting and Wow there is something I did not expect the Galaxy Note 8 schooled the iPhone 7 plus about 46,000 more points in the antutu benchmark last thing I wanted to test is the fingerprint sensor speed gonna be a pain with it on the back but let's see how it competes in terms of speed alright now this may take a few tries it's very hard to find that positioning on the back of this phone it gets even harder than the SI because it's larger one two three ooh there we go no animation like the iPhone gets in faster 1 2 3 definitely faster let's try screen on and 1 2 3 yeah definitely faster here as well it's the animation on the iPhone that kills it alright guys so there it is that is the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 a very capable device but we're gonna have to see how it competes with its true competitor the iPhone 8 in just a couple weeks here either way Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 great processor this thing definitely handles memory very well doesn't reload apps like the galaxy s 8 plus a definite improvement over the s8 series hope you guys enjoyed this video stay tuned for more peace\n"