Apple A18 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 980
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Samsung Exynos 980 . 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 0.2621 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 2200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 8nm)
Released 5 years late
Samsung Exynos 980 's Advantages
Lower TDP (9W vs 10W)
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18 Pro
+299%
1733863
Samsung Exynos 980
433794
FP32 (float)
Apple A18 Pro
+750%
2.227 TFLOPS
Samsung Exynos 980
0.262 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A77
6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4040 MHz
Frequency
2200 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
-
4 MB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
L3 cache
-
3 nm
Process
8 nm
-
-
-
10 W
TDP
9 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
Graphics
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU name
Mali-G76 MP5
1450 MHz
GPU frequency
728 MHz
6
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
36
8
Max size
8
2.2272 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2621 TFLOPS
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
-
Max display resolution
3360 x 1440
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
-
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, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Snapdragon X75
Modem
Exynos 5123
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 3550 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1380 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Sep 2019
Flagship
Class
Mid range
-
Model number
S5E9630
