Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
December 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
A18
Model Name
SM8450
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
768
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
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, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
-
L2 Cache
1 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
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 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
5.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+105%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+94%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
+36%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
+35%
