Apple A18 vs Apple A14 Bionic
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Frequency
4050 MHz
3100 MHz
Cores
6
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
5 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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128 KB
Transistor count
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11.8
TDP
—
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Apple A14 GPU
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1278 MHz
Execution units
5
4
Shading units
128
64
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
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Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max display resolution
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2732 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Sep 2020
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
APL1W01
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
1,061,696
Geekbench 6
3,466
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Geekbench 6
8,592
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FP32 (float)
1,907
654
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.