Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs January 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18 Pro
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
3890 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Adreno 650
-
GPU frequency
670 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
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. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.4
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
-
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, 2x 25MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
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 60FPS
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TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+196%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+173%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+149%
Snapdragon 870
794278
