Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 60 GB/s (60 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs May 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
A18
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

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)
Hexagon
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 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +104%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +86%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +26%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340