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Apple A19
vs
Apple A18

Apple A19
vs
Apple A18

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 and Apple A18 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple A19
Apple A19
Apple A19
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs September 2024)
Apple A18
Apple A18
Apple A18
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 3780 MHz)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19
Model Name
A18
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
2x 4.04 GHz, 4x 2.4 GHz
6
Cores
6
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
3 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
3780 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
5

Connectivity

Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
-
Storage type
NVMe
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559 +5%
A18
3403
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710 +11%
A18
7828
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578 +29%
A18
1490144

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9421
Apple iPhone 16
Apple A18
6794
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1717
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1162
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1677
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1086
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9708
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
6820
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2130
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1554
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2020
Apple iPhone 16 Plus
Apple A18
1447

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