Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs November 2022)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 740
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
1280
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
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
64 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, UFS 4.0
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, AV1, VP8, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+71%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+47%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709
+4%
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411
+87%
