Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
4050 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
2.75 MB
L3 cache
16 MB
8 MB
Process
3 nm
4 nm
TDP
10 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Adreno 825
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1150 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
Hexagon
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution
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3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Apr 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V07
SM8735
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,890,277
2,186,467
Geekbench 6
3,582
2,159
Geekbench 6
9,089
7,227
FP32 (float)
2,289
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.