Apple A18
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
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.
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
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
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
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
Miscellaneous
-
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
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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
FP32 (float)
A18
1825
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411
+87%
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709
+4%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 16
Apple A18
6794
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5622
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1162
Xiaomi Mix Fold 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
549
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1086
Asus ROG Phone 7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
527
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
6820
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro / 8S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
6471
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1554
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1152
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1447
Meizu 20
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1185
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