Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Frequency
4050 MHz
2500 MHz
Cores
6
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
28 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
128 KB
Transistor count
-
1
TDP
-
6 W
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Adreno 330
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
578 MHz
Execution units
5
1
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
1.2
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 32 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
No
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.0
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 21MP
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
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
2560 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 5
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 50 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Feb 2014
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
MSM8974 v3
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
126,118
Geekbench 6
3,466
-
Geekbench 6
8,592
-
FP32 (float)
1,907
148