Apple A18 vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
4050 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.5-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
5 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
—
192 KB
Transistor count
—
20
TDP
—
15 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
5
8
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
102.4 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
15.8 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
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, 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
—
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Jun 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
APL1109
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
3,466
2,623
Geekbench 6
8,592
9,803
FP32 (float)
1,907
2,918
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.