Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
SM8250-AC
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 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
3780 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.3
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 650
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
5
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
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/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 120FPS
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 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+196%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+135%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+88%
Snapdragon 870
794278
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
+36%
Snapdragon 870
1345
