Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple A18
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2342 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
4
6
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
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L2 cache
0
8 MB
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
11 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
1
5
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Neural Engine
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
APL1V08
AI
NPU
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Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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35 TOPS
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
3,466
Geekbench 6
797
8,592
FP32 (float)
334
1,907
AnTuTu 10
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1,622,118
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.