Relative Score (0–100): the weighted average of the categories below, each 60% road tests and 40% owner reviews. Based on 13 + 2 road tests and 2,504 + 7 owner reviews. How we score
Ventus Prime 4 is ahead, 75–65
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Tests 77 · 13 tests Owners 73 · 2,504 reviews
Best test result: #1 of 21 in 2022 Auto Bild Summer Tyre Test (dry handling)
“Simbolul cu mașina și fulgerul de pe Hankook Ventus Prime 4 arată că anvelopa e compatibilă și cu mașini electrice (EV), nu că e destinată exclusiv lor. Poate fi folosită fără probleme și pe mașini cu motor termic.”
Tests 66 · 2 tests Owners 64 · 7 reviews
Best test result: #3 of 11 in 2017 All Season VS Winter Tyre Test (wet braking)
Relative Score per category, 0–100. Open “Why this score” for the tests and owner ratings behind it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 11 / 2 tests | 84 | 62 |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 60 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 83.7 + 40% × 75.6 = 80
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 62.1 + 40% × 60.2 = 61
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 12 / 2 tests | 80 | 72 |
| Reviews found online | 76 | 73 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 79.8 + 40% × 76.2 = 78
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 72.2 + 40% × 72.6 = 72
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · – / 2 tests | – | 69 |
| Reviews found online | – | 56 |
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 68.7 + 40% × 55.9 = 64
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 1 / – tests | 70 | ≈ 69 (est.) |
| Reviews found online | 71 | 67 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 70.3 + 40% × 70.5 = 70
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 68.8 (est.) + 40% × 67.3 = 68
No road tests of comfort for Cinturato AllSeason. The test half is the tested tires’ average (69): owners’ comfort ratings barely follow the road tests.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 8 / 1 tests | 58 | 66 |
| Reviews found online | ≈ 67 (est.) | ≈ 67 (est.) |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 57.6 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 61
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 65.6 + 40% × 67.3 (est.) = 66
No owner ratings of noise for Ventus Prime 4 or Cinturato AllSeason. The owner half is the owners’ average (67): owners’ noise ratings barely follow the road tests, so the tests say nothing about how owners would rate it.
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Professional tests (TWG score) · 5 / 1 tests | 76 | 61 |
| Reviews found online | 69 | 65 |
Ventus Prime 4: 60% × 76.4 + 40% × 69 = 73
Cinturato AllSeason: 60% × 60.9 + 40% × 64.6 = 62
| Source | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Reviews found online | 74 | 63 |
| Category | Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Relative Score | 75 | 65 |
| Dry | 80 | 61 |
| Wet | 78 | 72 |
| Snow | – | 64 |
| Comfort | 70 | 68 |
| Noise | 61 | 66 |
| Treadwear | 73 | 62 |
| Handling (owners) | 74 | 63 |
Higher is better. The Relative Score follows your weights below; category scores do not change.
Wet grip and treadwear start at “Important” — the two things buyers rank highest. Move the sliders and the scores update instantly.
Only one of the two tires has a score here, so this weight changes nothing in the head-to-head.
Ventus Prime 4
Cinturato AllSeason
Only categories both tires have data for count toward the headline score.
Per discipline: the average % of the best tire over every test both tires were in, and how many of those tests each one won. “Different tests” rows compare results from separate tests.
| Discipline | Category | Ventus Prime 4 | Cinturato AllSeason | Δ | Head-to-head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Braking | Dry | 92% #16/16 · 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | 94% #4/8 · 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Dry Handling | Dry | 99% #6/20 · 2024 AutoBild Summer Tyre Test | 98% #7/8 · 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Straight Aquaplaning | Wet | 91% #16/16 · 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | 96% #3/11 · 2017 All Season VS Winter Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Wet Braking | Wet | 87% #14/16 · 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | 94% #6/8 · 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Wet Handling | Wet | 99% #2/8 · 2025 Moottori Summer Tyre Test | 97% #6/8 · 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Noise | Noise | 99% #4/8 · 2025 Moottori Summer Tyre Test | 99% #7/11 · 2017 All Season VS Winter Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Wear | Treadwear | 77% #6/16 · 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | 64% #9/10 · 2017 All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Also published by the testers (not in the score) | |||||
| Total Cost of Ownership | Cost | #4/20 2024 AutoBild Summer Tyre Test | #8/10 2017 All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Value | Cost | 64% #5/16 · 2024 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | 62% #9/10 · 2017 All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Rolling Resistance | Efficiency | 95% #10/14 · 2025 Summer and All Season Combined Tyre Test | 93% #5/8 · 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
| Overall Ranking | Overall | #11/16 2026 ADAC Summer Tyre Test | #5/8 2017 Auto Bild All Season Tyre Test | – | Different tests |
Themes extracted from owner reviews found online — not the opinion of TireWheelGuide.
From Reddit, forums and review threads. Not part of our score
Community opinion on the Hankook Ventus Prime 4 is largely positive, with drivers viewing it as a comfortable, quiet, and capable touring tire. Users frequently praise its strong dry and wet performance alongside its compelling price-to-performance ratio compared to premium alternatives like Michelin. Some uncertainties exist regarding long-term tread wear and slight fuel economy impacts, but owners generally report satisfactory everyday reliability.
“Found a cut on one of my tires, is it 100% cooked? Three month old Hankook Ventus Prime 4, covered less than 600miles. Found a small cut on the front right one. It is holding air fine. I will go to a tire shop to get checked asap, but chances that it’s ok? And what could have caused it? Hitting a curb? Thank you in advance!”
“Simbolul cu mașina și fulgerul de pe Hankook Ventus Prime 4 arată că anvelopa e compatibilă și cu mașini electrice (EV), nu că e destinată exclusiv lor. Poate fi folosită fără probleme și pe mașini cu motor termic.”
“MOT coming up on the 29th and the rear tyres won't make it. Front tyres have a bit of wear left but I'm wondering if I should do all four now or the rears now and then the fronts sometime in about 6 months or so. Better deals on 4 tyres though ... but then I'd be throwing away 2 decent tyres with some use still in them so ... Also, looking on KiwkFit... any reason why I wouldn't go for the Ventus Prime 4s over the Michelins?”
Based on 41 community posts
We haven't collected enough community discussion about this tire yet.
| Attribute | A · Hankook Ventus Prime 4 | B · Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Summer | All Season |
| Vehicle type | — | Passenger Car / Crossover |
| Sizes available | 66 | 8 |
| Rim diameters | 15″ – 20″ | 14″ – 19″ |
| Sizes in common | 2 | 2 |
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason
Winner: Hankook Ventus Prime 4 — better dry, treadwear and handling. Pick the Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason if noise matters most to you.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 80 vs 61 on dry.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 73 vs 62 on treadwear.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 74 vs 63 on handling.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4 scores 78 vs 72 on wet.
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Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 78 vs 72 on our wet score.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 80 vs 61 on our dry score.
Pirelli Cinturato AllSeason, 66 vs 61 on our noise score.
Neither, by our numbers: 70 vs 68 on the comfort score, within 3 points.
Hankook Ventus Prime 4, 73 vs 62 on our treadwear score.
Every category score blends two independent signals. 60% comes from professional tire tests (braking distances, lap times, noise measurements), each result compared with every other tire in the same test and newer tests counting more. 40% comes from owner reviews found online, adjusted for how generously each site rates. Both use one scale: the average tested tire gets 70, the best 100. When a tire has only one of the two, the missing half is estimated from the other and the score stays closer to average; with no road test and fewer than five owner reviews it gets no score yet.
Handling is the exception: road tests measure it inside the dry and wet scores, so its own row comes from owner ratings only and starts as less important.
Community buzz from Reddit and forums is shown for context only — it never changes the score. Full methodology
