Apple A18 vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs June 2022)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2024
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
APL1109
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
5
Execution units
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
-
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
15 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+29%
M2 iPad
2633
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
M2 iPad
9898
+26%
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
M2 iPad
2860
+57%
