Apple A18 vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
APL1W07
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
-
Transistor count
15
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/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 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+46%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+36%
A15 Bionic
5741
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+13%
A15 Bionic
1315838
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
+9%
A15 Bionic
1678
