Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Apple A18 Pro
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3800 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
320 KB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
L3 cache
-
16 MB
TDP
-
10 W
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 829
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1490 MHz
Shading units
512
128
Vulkan version
1.4
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Execution units
-
6
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
76.8 Gb/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- 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
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine
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
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,561,559
1,890,277
Geekbench 6
2,749
3,582
Geekbench 6
9,860
9,089
FP32 (float)
2,457
2,289