Samsung Exynos 990 vs Apple A18
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2730 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
8 MB
L3 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
3 nm
TDP
9 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Mali-G77 MP11
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
800 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
11
5
Shading units
64
128
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
Storage type
UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2400
-
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, 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
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7350 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3670 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
AI
NPU
-
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
707,030
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
842
3,466
Geekbench 6
2,672
8,592
FP32 (float)
1,126
1,907