Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 3000MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 . 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 1.6896 TFLOPS )
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3000MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Released 6 months late
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (67.2GB/s vs 60GB/s)
Lower TDP (6W vs 10W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18 Pro
+16%
1733863
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1490645
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A18 Pro
+65%
3337
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
2019
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A18 Pro
+47%
8218
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
5570
FP32 (float)
Apple A18 Pro
+31%
2.227 TFLOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1.689 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
4040 MHz
Frequency
3000 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
-
4 MB
L2 cache
1 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
3 nm
Process
4 nm
-
-
-
10 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 735
1450 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
6
Execution units
2
128
Shading units
256
8
Max size
24
2.2272 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.6896 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
Hexagon
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 5G
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
7
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Mar 2024
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
SM8635
