Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 Pro 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: 3890 MHz (3890 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (78.8 Gbit/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 Pro
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2x 3.89 GHz –
4x 2.2 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
3890 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
-
GPU name
Adreno 730
-
GPU frequency
900 MHz
-
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
是
5.4
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5T
Memory type
LPDDR5
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
78.8 Gbit/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 60FPS
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 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18 Pro
3408
+105%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18 Pro
9092
+116%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
A18 Pro
1977119
+68%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340
