Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 3,098,258 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 the more powerful processor.

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Apple A18

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Nov, 2025

CPU

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

(3.8 GHz, Dual Core + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core)

Process Node

3 nm

3 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 829

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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3,098,258

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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2,889/9,583

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Phones Powered by These SoCs

Apple iPhone 16

Apple iPhone 16

Score: 1,764,170

Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Apple iPhone 16 Plus

Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

Score: 1,405,699

Apple iPhone 16e

Apple iPhone 16e

vivo X300 FE

Score: 3,000,897

Motorola Edge 70 Max

Motorola Edge 70 Max

Score: 2,972,932

iQOO 15R

Score: 3,078,708

Motorola Signature

Motorola Signature

Score: 3,098,258

OnePlus 15R

Score: 2,957,229

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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 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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CPU

449,863

951,159

GPU

712,145

1,064,381

Memory

231,053

506,796

UX

371,109

575,922

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 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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AnTuTu Score:

General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Model No

APL1V08

SM8845

Manufacturing

TSMC

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 (3.8 GHz, Dual Core, Oryon + 3.32 GHz, Hexa Core, Oryon)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

8 MB

12 MB

GPU

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 829

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.225 GHz

Pipelines

5

2

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

640

1024

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

2508.8 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.4

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

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.1

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A	Qualcomm Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

20-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A

3840x2540

Max External Display Resolution

N/A	8K @ 30 Hz

Max Refresh Rate

N/A

240 Hz

HDR Support

N/A

Yes

Color Depth

N/A

10 bit

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

Snapdragon X80

5G Support

Yes

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

7

7

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

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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