Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Based on benchmark performance, Apple A18 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4's 1,457,989 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Apple A18 the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

May, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

(2.8 GHz, Single Core + 2.4 GHz, Quad core + 1.84 GHz, Tri core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 722

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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1,437,195

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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1,385/4,314

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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 7 Gen 4 1,457,989

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CPU

449,863

496,879

GPU

712,145

328,669

Memory

231,053

263,249

371,109

369,192

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 7 Gen 4 1,385

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 4,314

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

Model No

APL1V08

SM7750-AB

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 (2.8 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A720 + 2.4 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A720 + 1.84 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A520)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9-A

L2 Cache

8 MB

N/A

L3 Cache

N/A

4 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 722

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.15 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

256

Total Shaders

640

512

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

1177.6 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.3

OpenCL Version

N/A

3.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.1

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

4.2 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

2x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

33.6 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

16 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

12-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

200 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 120 FPS

Video Capture Formats

N/A	HDR10, HDR10+, Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG)

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

2880x1800

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 60 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

144 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

Snapdragon 5G Modem-RF System

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 4200 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

N/A

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

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

Bluetooth Version

5.3

6.0

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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