Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A18
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3200 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
2.75 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 825
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
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5
Shading units
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128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- 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
Neural processor (NPU)
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Neural Engine
Connectivity
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
4G support
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LTE Cat. 24
Upload speed
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Up to 3500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Apr 2025
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8735
APL1V08
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,186,467
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
2,159
3,466
Geekbench 6
7,227
8,592
FP32 (float)
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1,907
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.