Apple A18
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A18
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Low end
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
SM6225-AD
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
Architecture
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
6 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 610
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
950 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2432 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 390 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
Yes
5G support
No
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
7
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K 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
1080p at 60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 686
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+616%
Snapdragon 685
475
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+416%
Snapdragon 685
1517
Geekbench 7 Single Core
A18
2799
+464%
Snapdragon 685
496
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
A18
7593
+337%
Snapdragon 685
1737
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+321%
Snapdragon 685
354293
AntuTu 11
A18
1972476
+314%
Snapdragon 685
476175
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