Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Based on benchmark performance, Apple A18 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 870's 735,714 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Apple A18 the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Jan, 2021

CPU

Hexa Core

(4.05 GHz, Dual Core + 2.42 GHz, Quad core)

Octa core

(3.2 GHz, Single Core + 2.42 GHz, Tri core + 1.8 GHz, Quad core)

Process Node

3 nm

7 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 650

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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745,060

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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1,019/3,384

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

AnTuTu measures CPU, GPU, memory and overall performance in different scenarios

Apple A18 1,764,170

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 735,714

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CPU

449,863

197,535

GPU

712,145

248,006

Memory

231,053

130,994

371,109

159,179

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

The Geekbench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A18 3,278

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 1,019

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 3,384

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Model No

APL1V08

SM8250-AC

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

Octa core

CPU

Hexa Core (4.05 GHz, Dual Core, Everest + 2.42 GHz, Quad core, Sawtooth)

Octa core (3.2 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A77 + 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A77 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

7 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv8.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

512 KB

L2 Cache

8 MB

1 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

4 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 650

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

670 MHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

256

Total Shaders

640

768

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

1029.1 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.1

OpenCL Version

N/A

2.0 FP

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Hexagon

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

2.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

44 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

16 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 30 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

UHD

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 30 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

X55

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 7500 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

Up to 3000 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

a, ac, ax, b, be, g, n, n 5GHz

a, ac, ax, g, n, n 5GHz

Bluetooth Version

5.3

5.2

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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