The iPhone 13 Pro Max Takes the Gaming Crown: A Comparative Analysis with the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

When it comes to gaming, both the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra and the Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max are high-end devices that promise an immersive experience. However, our testing reveals that the iPhone 13 Pro Max edges out its Android counterpart in several key areas.

One of the most noticeable differences between the two devices is their performance in games that require high frame rates. Asphalt 9 was an interesting test, as the iPhone 13 Pro Max unlocked 60 FPS gameplay, while the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra was limited to 30 FPS. Under normal conditions, both devices pushed 45-60 FPS, but when dialing down the graphics settings to 30 FPS, the iPhone managed a stable 60 FPS, whereas the S22 Ultra struggled to maintain above 30 FPS.

In contrast, the iPhone's 120Hz Pro Motion display provided an incredibly smooth gaming experience. However, it was clear that not all games took full advantage of this feature. For example, Asphalt 9's performance was affected by minor frame drops after about 15 minutes, which dropped its framerate to 108-214 FPS. Similarly, Critical Ops also experienced a slight frame drop from 120 FPS on the S20 to Ultra after some time.

On the other hand, when playing high-fps games like Injustice 2 and Critical Ops, both devices managed to maintain stable performance at their highest settings under 120 FPS. However, it's worth noting that these games may not be representative of the overall gaming experience on each device. For instance, even with its high-end hardware, the S22 Ultra struggled with resource-intensive games like God of War and Tekken 6.

When playing emulator games on the S22 Ultra, the PPSSPP emulator provided smooth performance at 60 FPS for both God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Tekken 6. However, even with this optimized experience, the device's surface temperature clocked in at just 33 degrees Celsius. This is a testament to Apple's efforts in designing devices that prioritize thermal management.

In conclusion, our testing has shown that the iPhone 13 Pro Max takes the gaming crown over the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. With better FPS stability and cooler temperatures, especially under resource-heavy games like Engine Impact, the iPhone's performance edges out its Android counterpart. While the S22 Ultra has made strides in recent updates, it still lags behind Apple's optimization efforts.

Qualcomm and Samsung should have prioritized power efficiency over sheer performance to avoid issues with overheating and battery drain. The Exynos 2200's struggles highlight the need for improvements in chip design, particularly for Android devices. As this trend continues, the performance gap between iOS and Android smartphones will only widen, ultimately affecting end consumers.

Overall, our testing has shown that Apple's continued focus on power efficiency is paying off. With better thermal management and optimized software, the iPhone 13 Pro Max offers an unparalleled gaming experience.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys pratima here so samsung recently took the wraps off of the galaxy s22 series and frankly the regular s22 and s22 plus are a safe bet yes but they're nothing extraordinary however the s22 ultra yeah the s22 ultra is pretty special with the beloved galaxy note brand now officially dead and done for it's up to the ultra to carry on that note legacy while trying to carve its own identity in the process that sharp boxy design that most people know and love is back in the s22 ultra and so is the s pen in its natural habitat but the reason this phone has that extra special sauce at least in the south asian markets like nepal in india is that samsung is shipping the snapdragon variant this time around and like everyone else i had some big expectations with the new exynos 2200 but you know that the early impressions and reviews do not look very inspiring but that's not what we're discussing today instead i will be comparing the s22 ultra with snapdragon 801 against the iphone 13 pro max in the gaming arena here despite the last gen arm version 8 architecture apple's a15 bionic has been a proven performer on the other hand were already quite familiar with the overheating and thermal throttling issues with the hn1 to make matters even worse samsung has admitted to throttling the performance of over 10 000 apps with samsung's game optimizing service which includes everything from youtube snapchats spotify to games like kenshin impact benchmarking apps don't appear in the list though geekbench has swiftly acknowledged this discovery by delisting the last four generations of samsung's flagship phones on its platform in response samsung has promised a software update that will let users back in the driver's seat to crank up the performance as they see fit anyway let's start with the good old antutu benchmark here the h22 ultra draws first blood with a score of over 9 lakh whereas the iphone 30 pro max manages about 14 lower total i also put these two devices under five consecutive attitude cycles which lasted for about an hour and as you can see the s22 ultra still posts higher scores however the iphone delivers a much steadier result with just a six percent performance drop between the first and the fifth run while that number comes to roughly ten percent on the s22 ultra the 3dmark wildlife extreme stress test shows superior performance and stability on iphone as well likewise as you can see from this chart the s22 ultra performance tip is quite significant in the gfx bench stress test 2 where the iphone's 10th loop score is similar to first loop score of the ultra then again i found the surface temperature on both these phones to be quite identical but benchmarks could be deceiving after all so let's see how these phones fare in terms of gaming performance starting with kenshin impact for a fair comparison i kept both the phones in the same settings under every parameter at highest graphics quality with 60 fps on and motion blur turned off the s22 ultra kicks off to a decent 50 to 55 fps average for the first five minutes into the game with 96 stability during this period thankfully the phone does not get that hot either and the cpu and gpu usage hovers around 75 mark only yet after 20 minutes or so the frame drop is quite significant on the s22 ultra since the average fps falls by a whopping 35 to just 35 to 40 fps the iphone 30 pro max on the other hand delivers a more stable 55 to 60 fps gameplay in the first five minutes while setting to 45 to 50 fps after 20 minutes at this point i logged the ultra's peak surface temperature at 39 and 36 degrees celsius on the front and back of the phone respectively which is surprisingly better than what i was expecting to be honest looks like samsung's redesigned cooling system for the s22 ultra works its magic just fine to compare the iphone was slightly hotter in this instance but the bigger thing to understand here is where the heat is localized on these phones for instance the iphone mostly dissipates heat on the one third portion of the phone near the camera module while the rest of the chassis remains comfortably cool enough on the contrary the s22 ultra is warm throughout the chassis with the upper two third portion getting considerably hot so you might want to lower down the graphics for better thermals especially in games like engine impact here bringing it down a notch to high graphics the s22 ultra maintains a comparatively steadier result with around 50 fps average throughout the gameplay but the superiority of iphone's e15 bionic chipset is quite clear as it gives a steady 58 to 60 fps in the first 10 minutes of the game while being subject to minor negligible frame drops a few minutes later on to some relatively less demanding games pubg mobile plays without any trouble under ultra hd graphics and ultra frame rates on the s22 ultra i got a stable 40 fps with practically zero frame drops even after 30 minutes into the game and the phone did not get that hot either for an even smoother gaming experience switching to hdr graphics and extreme frame rates results in a steady 60 fps gameplay the iphone 30 pro max manages a similar result at both settings but surprisingly enough it even jumps to the 50 fps mark every now and then at ultra frame rates call of duty is also a smooth 60 fps sailing on either phone at the highest settings this game does not quite bother the s22 ultra snapdragon 8 gen 1 as well since the cpu and gpu usage here never climbed above 60 and 48 it's the same with the iphone 2 where the average cpu and gpu usage hover near 50 only additionally both phones maintain an exceptional surface temperature on call of duty mobile never going beyond 35 degree celsius on either side i also played brawl hala on these phones which is yet another game that's easy on the processor needless to say the s22 ultra and the iphone 13 pro max handled it without breaking a sweat all the while maintaining excellent temperatures asphalt 9 was an interesting test though the iphone even has the 60 fps option unlocked whereas the s22 ultra is limited to just 30 fps and under 60fps mode the iphone manages a stable 60fps gameplay where the phone does start getting warm rather quickly when dialing it down to 30 fps the phone still pushes 45 to 60 fps occasionally but the average fps ultimately comes in the ballpark of 30 fps likewise the s22 ultra also gives a steady 30 fps but i really wish samsung had worked with the developers to enable 60 fps gameplay on its latest flagship device i mean it's almost embarrassing to have to be content with 30 fps gaming on such a high-end phone right but things do take a turn in samsung's favor when it comes to high fps games though for example both injustice 2 and critical ops max out at 60fps on the iphone while the s22 ultra handles both these games at their highest settings under 120 fps still i did notice minor frame drops on injustice 2 after about 15 minutes or so where the phone falls to 108 214 fps during such a prolonged gaming session critical ops resulted in a similar experience as well with a slight frame drop from 120 fps on the s20 to ultra after some time whereas the iphone delivered a stable 60 fps without any hiccup the 120 hertz pro motion display on the iphone 30 pro series was a pretty big deal but fast forward six months later apple is yet to extend this smoothness to the majority of third body apps however the company is all set to introduce 120hz refresh rate support for all apps with the upcoming ios 15.4 update and you know the developers have to optimize their games to take full advantage of the 120 hertz display too moving on i also played a couple of emulator games on the s22 ultra um i wanted to try it out on the iphone 30 pro max as well but i could not find any emulator on the app store and the ones that could work either needed a jail broken device or had to be installed from a third body app store like all store but for privacy and security reasons i opted out of both options as for the s22 ultra i used the ppsspp emulator to play god of war ghost of sparta and tekken 6. keeping the render resolution at 4x i enjoyed a smooth 60 fps on both games the phone is subject to some jitters under a heavy attack sequence or when there are multiple npcs on god of war though looking at the frame rate chart you can see the game dip to as low as 48 fps on the other hand tekken 6 renders a steady 60fps gameplay without any trouble after 30 minutes of gaming the s22 ultra surface temperature clocked at just 33 degree celsius which is all the more commendable so wrapping it all up i guess it's plain as day that the iphone 30 pro max is still superior to the galaxy s2 ultra when it comes to gaming from better fps stability to cooler temperatures the iphone wins this battle quite comfortably especially in terms of resource heavy games like engine impact although the s22 ultra could echo out higher fps once the fix for gos performance throttling arrives but the laws of physics are still against samsung's odds since higher performance requires more power which means more heat and ultimately the phone is bound to throttle performance if the cooling solution is not well equipped to handle all the heat literally let me remind you that all our tests have been conducted during this favorable chilly weather and things could easily go downhill come summer time besides excessive heat using up more power also means faster battery drain so what are the broader findings from this test you ask well instead of gunning for sheer performance qualcomm and samsung should have prioritized power efficiency like apple did with the a15 bionic this also points towards worst performance yield and heating issues in samsung's 4nm node which has prompted qualcomm to shift to tsmc's 4nm not for 8 gen 1 successor and like i mentioned earlier the exynos 2200 despite all the amd partnership hype has pretty much been a no show either at this rate the performance gap between the latest android and ios smartphones will only get wider if chip makers cannot keep up with apple and that's ultimately bad for the end consumers especially android consumers that is so guys that was all for this video if you liked it don't forget to give it a thumbs up and while you're there don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit that bell icon till then i'm pratimadikari and i will see you in my next onehey guys pratima here so samsung recently took the wraps off of the galaxy s22 series and frankly the regular s22 and s22 plus are a safe bet yes but they're nothing extraordinary however the s22 ultra yeah the s22 ultra is pretty special with the beloved galaxy note brand now officially dead and done for it's up to the ultra to carry on that note legacy while trying to carve its own identity in the process that sharp boxy design that most people know and love is back in the s22 ultra and so is the s pen in its natural habitat but the reason this phone has that extra special sauce at least in the south asian markets like nepal in india is that samsung is shipping the snapdragon variant this time around and like everyone else i had some big expectations with the new exynos 2200 but you know that the early impressions and reviews do not look very inspiring but that's not what we're discussing today instead i will be comparing the s22 ultra with snapdragon 801 against the iphone 13 pro max in the gaming arena here despite the last gen arm version 8 architecture apple's a15 bionic has been a proven performer on the other hand were already quite familiar with the overheating and thermal throttling issues with the hn1 to make matters even worse samsung has admitted to throttling the performance of over 10 000 apps with samsung's game optimizing service which includes everything from youtube snapchats spotify to games like kenshin impact benchmarking apps don't appear in the list though geekbench has swiftly acknowledged this discovery by delisting the last four generations of samsung's flagship phones on its platform in response samsung has promised a software update that will let users back in the driver's seat to crank up the performance as they see fit anyway let's start with the good old antutu benchmark here the h22 ultra draws first blood with a score of over 9 lakh whereas the iphone 30 pro max manages about 14 lower total i also put these two devices under five consecutive attitude cycles which lasted for about an hour and as you can see the s22 ultra still posts higher scores however the iphone delivers a much steadier result with just a six percent performance drop between the first and the fifth run while that number comes to roughly ten percent on the s22 ultra the 3dmark wildlife extreme stress test shows superior performance and stability on iphone as well likewise as you can see from this chart the s22 ultra performance tip is quite significant in the gfx bench stress test 2 where the iphone's 10th loop score is similar to first loop score of the ultra then again i found the surface temperature on both these phones to be quite identical but benchmarks could be deceiving after all so let's see how these phones fare in terms of gaming performance starting with kenshin impact for a fair comparison i kept both the phones in the same settings under every parameter at highest graphics quality with 60 fps on and motion blur turned off the s22 ultra kicks off to a decent 50 to 55 fps average for the first five minutes into the game with 96 stability during this period thankfully the phone does not get that hot either and the cpu and gpu usage hovers around 75 mark only yet after 20 minutes or so the frame drop is quite significant on the s22 ultra since the average fps falls by a whopping 35 to just 35 to 40 fps the iphone 30 pro max on the other hand delivers a more stable 55 to 60 fps gameplay in the first five minutes while setting to 45 to 50 fps after 20 minutes at this point i logged the ultra's peak surface temperature at 39 and 36 degrees celsius on the front and back of the phone respectively which is surprisingly better than what i was expecting to be honest looks like samsung's redesigned cooling system for the s22 ultra works its magic just fine to compare the iphone was slightly hotter in this instance but the bigger thing to understand here is where the heat is localized on these phones for instance the iphone mostly dissipates heat on the one third portion of the phone near the camera module while the rest of the chassis remains comfortably cool enough on the contrary the s22 ultra is warm throughout the chassis with the upper two third portion getting considerably hot so you might want to lower down the graphics for better thermals especially in games like engine impact here bringing it down a notch to high graphics the s22 ultra maintains a comparatively steadier result with around 50 fps average throughout the gameplay but the superiority of iphone's e15 bionic chipset is quite clear as it gives a steady 58 to 60 fps in the first 10 minutes of the game while being subject to minor negligible frame drops a few minutes later on to some relatively less demanding games pubg mobile plays without any trouble under ultra hd graphics and ultra frame rates on the s22 ultra i got a stable 40 fps with practically zero frame drops even after 30 minutes into the game and the phone did not get that hot either for an even smoother gaming experience switching to hdr graphics and extreme frame rates results in a steady 60 fps gameplay the iphone 30 pro max manages a similar result at both settings but surprisingly enough it even jumps to the 50 fps mark every now and then at ultra frame rates call of duty is also a smooth 60 fps sailing on either phone at the highest settings this game does not quite bother the s22 ultra snapdragon 8 gen 1 as well since the cpu and gpu usage here never climbed above 60 and 48 it's the same with the iphone 2 where the average cpu and gpu usage hover near 50 only additionally both phones maintain an exceptional surface temperature on call of duty mobile never going beyond 35 degree celsius on either side i also played brawl hala on these phones which is yet another game that's easy on the processor needless to say the s22 ultra and the iphone 13 pro max handled it without breaking a sweat all the while maintaining excellent temperatures asphalt 9 was an interesting test though the iphone even has the 60 fps option unlocked whereas the s22 ultra is limited to just 30 fps and under 60fps mode the iphone manages a stable 60fps gameplay where the phone does start getting warm rather quickly when dialing it down to 30 fps the phone still pushes 45 to 60 fps occasionally but the average fps ultimately comes in the ballpark of 30 fps likewise the s22 ultra also gives a steady 30 fps but i really wish samsung had worked with the developers to enable 60 fps gameplay on its latest flagship device i mean it's almost embarrassing to have to be content with 30 fps gaming on such a high-end phone right but things do take a turn in samsung's favor when it comes to high fps games though for example both injustice 2 and critical ops max out at 60fps on the iphone while the s22 ultra handles both these games at their highest settings under 120 fps still i did notice minor frame drops on injustice 2 after about 15 minutes or so where the phone falls to 108 214 fps during such a prolonged gaming session critical ops resulted in a similar experience as well with a slight frame drop from 120 fps on the s20 to ultra after some time whereas the iphone delivered a stable 60 fps without any hiccup the 120 hertz pro motion display on the iphone 30 pro series was a pretty big deal but fast forward six months later apple is yet to extend this smoothness to the majority of third body apps however the company is all set to introduce 120hz refresh rate support for all apps with the upcoming ios 15.4 update and you know the developers have to optimize their games to take full advantage of the 120 hertz display too moving on i also played a couple of emulator games on the s22 ultra um i wanted to try it out on the iphone 30 pro max as well but i could not find any emulator on the app store and the ones that could work either needed a jail broken device or had to be installed from a third body app store like all store but for privacy and security reasons i opted out of both options as for the s22 ultra i used the ppsspp emulator to play god of war ghost of sparta and tekken 6. keeping the render resolution at 4x i enjoyed a smooth 60 fps on both games the phone is subject to some jitters under a heavy attack sequence or when there are multiple npcs on god of war though looking at the frame rate chart you can see the game dip to as low as 48 fps on the other hand tekken 6 renders a steady 60fps gameplay without any trouble after 30 minutes of gaming the s22 ultra surface temperature clocked at just 33 degree celsius which is all the more commendable so wrapping it all up i guess it's plain as day that the iphone 30 pro max is still superior to the galaxy s2 ultra when it comes to gaming from better fps stability to cooler temperatures the iphone wins this battle quite comfortably especially in terms of resource heavy games like engine impact although the s22 ultra could echo out higher fps once the fix for gos performance throttling arrives but the laws of physics are still against samsung's odds since higher performance requires more power which means more heat and ultimately the phone is bound to throttle performance if the cooling solution is not well equipped to handle all the heat literally let me remind you that all our tests have been conducted during this favorable chilly weather and things could easily go downhill come summer time besides excessive heat using up more power also means faster battery drain so what are the broader findings from this test you ask well instead of gunning for sheer performance qualcomm and samsung should have prioritized power efficiency like apple did with the a15 bionic this also points towards worst performance yield and heating issues in samsung's 4nm node which has prompted qualcomm to shift to tsmc's 4nm not for 8 gen 1 successor and like i mentioned earlier the exynos 2200 despite all the amd partnership hype has pretty much been a no show either at this rate the performance gap between the latest android and ios smartphones will only get wider if chip makers cannot keep up with apple and that's ultimately bad for the end consumers especially android consumers that is so guys that was all for this video if you liked it don't forget to give it a thumbs up and while you're there don't forget to subscribe to our channel and hit that bell icon till then i'm pratimadikari and i will see you in my next one\n"