Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A18
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3000 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 735
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
2
5
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12.1
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Mar 2024
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8635
APL1V08
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
2,019
3,466
Geekbench 6
5,570
8,592
FP32 (float)
1,689
1,907
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.