Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
Frequency
4050 MHz
3300 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
320 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
L3 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
4 nm
TDP
10 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Adreno 750
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
903 MHz
Execution units
6
2
Shading units
128
1536
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
77 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V07
SM8650-AB
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,890,277
2,079,542
Geekbench 6
3,582
2,181
Geekbench 6
9,089
7,250
FP32 (float)
2,289
4,730