Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs December 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18 Pro
Model Name
SM8450
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Adreno 730
-
GPU frequency
818 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
768
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+105%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+126%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+80%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
