Apple A18 vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Apple A16 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 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
APL1W10
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
6
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
-
Transistor count
16
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 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
1x 48MP
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
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+33%
A16 Bionic
2562
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+17%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+5%
A16 Bionic
1421181
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
+2%
A16 Bionic
1788
