Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
4050 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
5
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Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
—
1.4
OpenCL version
—
3.0
DirectX version
—
12.1
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 Gb/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, UFS 4.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- 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 2540
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
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
Nov 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
SM8845
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
3,561,559
Geekbench 6
3,466
2,749
Geekbench 6
8,592
9,860
FP32 (float)
1,907
2,457
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.