Apple M1 iPad vs Apple A18
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3200 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
8 MB
Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
14 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
8
5
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
APL1V08
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
2,304
3,466
Geekbench 6
8,422
8,592
FP32 (float)
2,617
1,907