Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A18

Based on benchmark performance, Apple A18 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A15 Bionic's 1,286,140 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Apple A18 the more powerful processor.

Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A18

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2021

Sep, 2024

CPU

Hexa Core

(3.23 GHz, Dual Core + 2.02 GHz, Quad core)

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

5 nm

3 nm

GPU

Apple A15 GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,286,140

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1,764,170

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Geekbench Score

2,244/5,152

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3,278/7,995

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Phones Powered by These SoCs

Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max

Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Apple A15 Bionic 1,286,140

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Apple A18 1,764,170

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CPU

333,640

449,863

GPU

412,062

712,145

Memory

234,963

231,053

305,475

371,109

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Apple A15 Bionic 2,244

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Apple A18 3,278

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A15 Bionic 5,152

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Apple A18 7,995

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Title

Apple A15 Bionic

Apple A18

Model No

APL1W07

APL1V08

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Hexa Core

CPU

Hexa Core (3.23 GHz, Dual Core, Avalanche + 2.02 GHz, Quad core, Blizzard)

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

Architecture (The higher, the better)

64 bit

N/A

Process Node

5 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.5-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

256 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

12 MB

8 MB

GPU

Apple A15 GPU

Apple A18 GPU

GPU Clock speed

1.338 GHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

Total Shaders

640

FLOPS

1712.6 Gigaflops

1907 Gigaflops

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.133 GHz

3.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

34.1 Gb/s

60 Gb/s

Memory Max size

6 GB

8 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

N/A

48 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

2732x2048

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Video Codecs

H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9

AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

N/A	Snapdragon X71 5G

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

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

Bluetooth Version

5.0

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, QZSS

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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