Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 1400MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 Pro 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.2272 TFLOPS vs 0.0432 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 1400MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 28nm)
Released 9 years late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 's Advantages
Lower TDP (6W vs 10W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18 Pro
+1181%
1733863
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
135324
FP32 (float)
Apple A18 Pro
+5079%
2.227 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
0.043 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4040 MHz
Frequency
1400 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
-
4 MB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
L3 cache
-
3 nm
Process
28 nm
-
Transistor count
1
10 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 505
1450 MHz
GPU frequency
450 MHz
6
Execution units
1
128
Shading units
48
8
Max size
4
2.2272 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.0432 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR3
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
1x 32 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
-
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
-
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Snapdragon X75
Modem
X6
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 4
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
5
5.3
Bluetooth
4.1
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Sep 2015
Flagship
Class
Low end
-
Model number
MSM8937
