Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2018
Launch Date
September 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W81
Model Name
A18
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
6
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2490 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
128
4
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
8 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1301
A18
3403
+162%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2843
A18
7828
+175%
FP32 (float)
A12 Bionic
588
A18
1825
+210%
AnTuTu 10
A12 Bionic
630677
A18
1490144
+136%
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