Basic
Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
MT6877
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
Architecture
2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2400 MHz
-
Transistor count
10
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G68 MP4
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.621 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
48
5
Execution units
4
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 2770 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
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, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
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 108MP, 2x 20MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
-
TDP
4 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+279%
Dimensity 900
898
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+249%
Dimensity 900
2240
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
+200%
Dimensity 900
609
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+195%
Dimensity 900
505728
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1554
Vivo V25
MediaTek Dimensity 900
230
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