Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Frequency
4050 MHz
2840 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
7 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
—
512 KB
L3 cache
—
0
Transistor count
—
6.7
TDP
—
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
585 MHz
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
384
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
34.13 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
—
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 690
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, 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
—
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Dec 2018
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
SM8150
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
592,031
Geekbench 6
3,466
939
Geekbench 6
8,592
2,855
FP32 (float)
1,907
898
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.