Apple A18
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 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: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs March 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
March 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
SM7475-AB
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
2910 MHz
-
Transistor count
10.2

GPU Specifications

Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 725
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
580 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
768
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4400 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
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
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
L2 Cache
2 MB
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 120FPS
Video capture
4K 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
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403 +100%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828 +77%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419
FP32 (float)
A18
1825 +0%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1817
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144 +31%
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1135053

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1554
Realme GT Neo5 SE
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
619
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1447
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
605