Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 690
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2 GHz – Kryo 560 Gold (Cortex-A77)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 560 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Frequency
4050 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache
8 MB
-
Process
3 nm
8 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
TDP
-
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Adreno 619
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
5
2
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
14.9 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 692
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, 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
-
2520 x 1080
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 900 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
365,230
Geekbench 6
3,466
797
Geekbench 6
8,592
1,900
FP32 (float)
1,907
486