Apple A18 Pro vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs September 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18 Pro
Model Name
APL1W07
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+46%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+58%
A15 Bionic
5741
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+50%
A15 Bionic
1315838
