Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 3000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 Pro 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3000MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Released 2 years and 9 months late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.5128 TFLOPS vs 2.2272 TFLOPS )
Lower TDP (5.3W vs 10W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18 Pro
+54%
1733863
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1118907
FP32 (float)
Apple A18 Pro
2.227 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+12%
2.512 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
4040 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
-
4 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
0
3 nm
Process
4 nm
-
-
-
10 W
TDP
5.3 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1450 MHz
GPU frequency
818 MHz
6
Execution units
2
128
Shading units
768
8
Max size
24
2.2272 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Snapdragon X75
Modem
Snapdragon X65
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Dec 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
SM8450
