Apple A16 Bionic vs Apple A18
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 3460MHz Apple A16 Bionic vs. 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3460MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Released 2 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A16 Bionic
1441069
Apple A18
+6%
1539646
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Apple A18
+26%
3336
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
Apple A18
+16%
7988
FP32 (float)
Apple A16 Bionic
1789
Apple A18
1789
CPU
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Architecture
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
3460 MHz
Frequency
4040 MHz
6
Cores
6
ARMv8.6-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
16 MB
L2 cache
-
4 nm
Process
3 nm
16
Transistor count
-
8 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A16 GPU
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
5
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
128
6
Max size
8
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
60 GB/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2796 x 1290
Max display resolution
-
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Modem
Snapdragon X75
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
7
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Sep 2024
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1W10
Model number
-
