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

In practice, the PC version of GTA V has been demonstrated running at up to 80 FPS on an iPhone 18 Pro Max using Vapor, an experimental project designed to run PC and Mac games on Apple devices.

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• 1080p, DirectX 11 High textures FXAA, 16x AF 75% population density 50% distance scaling Sharp shadows, MSAA off Everything else.
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• The iPhone 18 Pro Max uses Apple's A20 Pro chip.
• The test ran at 1080p using DirectX 11.
• Here's the full GTA V benchmark running in Vapor on an iPhone 18 Pro Max.

Vapor developer StephenDev0 published the full benchmark on September 27. While other scenes averaged around 80 FPS, the game averaged 66 FPS during the city-driving section of GTA V's built-in benchmark. GTA V Runs at 1080p.

Meanwhile, the test ran at 1080p using DirectX 11. While FXAA and 16x anisotropic filtering were enabled, texture quality was set to High. Population density was set to 75%, distance scaling to 50%, and sharp shadows were enabled.

While the remaining graphics settings were set to Normal, MSAA was turned off. Apple to Keep New Camera App Feature to 2 Models.

Here's the full GTA V benchmark running in Vapor on an iPhone 18 Pro Max. City drive: 66 FPS average Other scenes: 80 FPS average.

1080p, DirectX 11 High textures FXAA, 16x AF 75% population density 50% distance scaling Sharp shadows, MSAA off Everything else. Pic.twitter.com/Dv8mEdEIod. Vapor (@play_vapor) September 27, 2026.

GTA V does not have a native iPhone version. Vapor instead works to run software originally built for PC and Mac on Apple hardware, using translation technologies including JIT to handle software that was not originally designed for iOS.

That adds extra processing overhead compared with running a game built natively for the device. IPhone 18 Pro Users Report Strange Green Patches in Photos. Powered by Apple's A20 Pro.

Notably, the iPhone 18 Pro Max uses Apple's A20 Pro chip. Reports covering the benchmark have compared its GTA V performance with Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1650, an entry-level desktop graphics card published in 2019.

Nevertheless, this comparison should be treated cautiously as the benchmark does not provide a controlled side-by-side test using identical hardware conditions, power measurements, and frame-time data.

Meanwhile, the iPhone 18 Pro Max additionally uses an upgraded cooling design intended to improve sustained performance under demanding workloads.

Vapor remains a work in progress. The developer remarked there are still minor matters that need to be fixed, meaning the current results should not be treated as final performance figures.

Notably, the benchmark nevertheless demonstrates that the PC version of GTA V can at present run above 60 FPS on the iPhone 18 Pro Max at 1080p through Vapor, despite the extra translation required to run the game on iOS. Stay Connected with ProPakistani.

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