iPhone 18 Pro Max Runs GTA V Better Than You Might Expect

A recent demonstration showcased the iPhone 18 Pro Max's ability to run GTA V at high frame rates, even surpassing expectations. Developed by Vapor, an experimental project, the PC and Mac games can now be played on Apple devices, thanks to translation technologies such as JIT. The benchmark, published by StephenDev0 on September 27, revealed that GTA V maintained an average of 66 FPS during the city-driving section, while other scenes averaged around 80 FPS, all while running at 1080p resolution.

The game was tested using DirectX 11, with texture quality set to High and FXAA and 16x anisotropic filtering enabled. Population density was adjusted to 75%, distance scaling to 50%, and sharp shadows were activated. Notably, MSAA was turned off, and the remaining graphics settings were kept at Normal. While the iPhone 18 Pro Max runs GTA V on Apple's A20 Pro chip, comparisons to Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1650 desktop graphics card are not entirely accurate, as the benchmark lacks a controlled side-by-side test using identical conditions, power measurements, and frame-time data.

Nevertheless, Vapor's ongoing development holds promise for future improvements, indicating that the iPhone 18 Pro Max can currently run GTA V above 60 FPS at 1080p through the experimental project.