Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

VS

Apple A18 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 Pro vs. 8 cores 2200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple A18 Pro Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 22GB/s)

Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 2200MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)

Released 2 years late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple A18 Pro +197%

1733863

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

582743

Apple A18 Pro

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

CPU

2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2.2 GHz –

Architecture

4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 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

4 nm

10 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

Samsung

Graphics

Apple A18 Pro GPU

GPU name

Adreno 710

1450 MHz

GPU frequency

-

6

Execution units

-

128

Shading units

-

8

Max size

8

2.2272 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5

7500 MHz

Memory frequency

2750 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

2x 16 Bit

60 GB/s

Max bandwidth

22 Gbit/s

AI

Neural Engine

NPU

-

35 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural Engine

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 2.2

-

Max display resolution

2520 x 1080

1x 48MP

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Snapdragon X75

Modem

X62

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 10000 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 2900 Mbps

Up to 3500 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 1600 Mbps

7

Wi-Fi

6

5.3

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Sep 2024

Announced

Sep 2022

Flagship

Class

Mid range

-

Model number

SM6450

-

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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