Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 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 3000 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (September 2024 vs March 2024)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2024
Launch Date
March 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 735
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
750 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
786
5
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
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
5.4
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, 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
67 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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 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 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
+108%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
+96%
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775
+24%
