Apple iPhone 8 Plus vs Apple iPhone 6 Plus Comparison and Differences

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Apple iPhone 8 Plus

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Apple iPhone 6 Plus

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Apple iPhone 8 Plus or Apple iPhone 6 Plus Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Apple iPhone 8 Plus Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Rating (+1) (+3)
Release date 2017, September 2014, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 158.4 x 78.1 x 7.5 mm | 6.24 x 6.24 x 3.07 in 158.1 x 77.8 x 7.1 mm | 6.22 x 6.22 x 3.06 in
Weight 202 g | 7.13 oz 172 g | 6.07 oz
Body Build Front/back glass, aluminum frame Front glass, aluminum body
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Colors Gold, Space Gray, Silver, Red Space Gray, Silver, Gold
Battery 2691 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 2915 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Battery life Talking time - Up to 21 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 60 h
Stand by time - Up to 384 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 24 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 80 h
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Screen

Technology LED-backlit IPS LCD LED-backlit IPS LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.5" in 5.5" in
Screen area 83.4 cm2 83.4 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.4% 67.8%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1920 px 1080 x 1920 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 401 PPI 401 PPI
Screen protection Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating Ion-strengthened glass, oleophobic coating
Other specs - Wide color gamut
-3D Touch display & home button
-True-tone
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 8 MP, Single
Camera specs -12 MP, f/1.8, 28mm (wide), OIS, PDAF
-12 MP, f/2.8, 57mm (telephoto), 2x optical zoom, PDAF
-8 MP, f/2.2, 29mm (standard), 1/3'', 1.5µm, OIS, PDAF
Functions Quad-LED dual-tone flash, HDR Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR
Video 2160p@24/30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps
DxOMark Main Score 94
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 89
Front camera, selfie 7 MP, Single 1.2 MP, Single
Specifications 7 MP, f/2.2, 32mm (standard) 1.2 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard)
Functions Face detection, HDR face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps

Performance

Operating system - OS iOS 11, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3 iOS 8, upgradable to iOS 12.1.3
Chipset - Apple A11 Bionic (10 nm) - Apple A8 (20 nm)
CPU - Hexa-core (2x Monsoon + 4x Mistral) - Dual-core 1.4 GHz Typhoon (ARM v8-based)
GPU Apple GPU (three-core graphics) PowerVR GX6450 (quad-core graphics)
External memory No No
Internal memory 64/256 GB, 3 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3

Benchmark

Antutu 10 Total 378011
Antutu 10 CPU 118857
Antutu 10 GPU 118036
Antutu 10 Mem 60136
Antutu 10 UX 118857
Antutu 8 Total 302943 171835
Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 6 Single Core 1050
GeekBench 6 Multi Core 2162
GeekBench 6 Metal 5298
GeekBench 5 Single Core 917 311
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1993 570
GeekBench 4 Single Core 4224
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 10193
GeekBench 4 Battery 2842

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Nano-SIM Nano-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA), A1524 
CDMA 800 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522 (CDMA), A1524
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - A1522 (GSM), A1522 (CDMA), A1524 
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1522 (CDMA), A1524 
TD-SCDMA - A1524
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700) - A1522 GSM, A1522 CDMA 
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 29(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1524
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes Yes (Apple Pay only)
USB 2.0, proprietary reversible connector 2.0, proprietary reversible connector
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE 4.0, A2DP, LE
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 1.19 W/kg (head)     1.19 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.91 W/kg (body)    

Music and Audio

Radio No No
Headphone jack No Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - 16-bit/44.1kHz audio
-Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

Other features

Sensors - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer - Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
Other extras
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- Fast battery charging: 50% in 30 min
-Qi wireless charging
- IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
-Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

- Siri natural language commands and dictation
--Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)
Versions
- Versions: A1864 (USA, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand, China) A1897 (EMEA, UAE, LATAM, Canada, USA AT&T/T-Mobile, Singapore); A1898 (Japan)

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