Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Based on benchmark performance, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 2,366,913 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Apple A18's 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the more powerful processor.

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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Summary

Release Date

Sep, 2024

Mar, 2024

CPU

Hexa Core

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

Octa core

(3.21 GHz, Single Core + 3 GHz, Tri core + 2.8 GHz, Dual core + 2.02 GHz, Dual core)

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 825

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

1,764,170

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2,366,913

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Geekbench Score

3,278/7,995

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2,197/7,123

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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 8s Gen 4 2,366,913

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CPU

449,863

708,437

GPU

712,145

812,170

Memory

231,053

317,102

371,109

529,204

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 8s Gen 4 2,197

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Geekbench Multi Core

Apple A18 7,995

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 7,123

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General

SoC Brand

Apple

Qualcomm

Title

Apple A18

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Model No

APL1V08

SM8735

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 (3.21 GHz, Single Core, Cortex X4 + 3 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A720 + 2.8 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720 + 2.02 GHz, Dual core, Cortex A720)

Architecture (The higher, the better)

N/A

64 bit

Process Node

3 nm

4 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

N/A

128 KB

L2 Cache

8 MB

2 MB

L3 Cache

N/A

8 MB

GPU

Apple A18 GPU

Adreno 825

GPU Clock speed

1.49 GHz

1.15 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

128

512

Total Shaders

640

1024

FLOPS

1907 Gigaflops

2355.2 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

N/A

1.3

OpenCL Version

N/A

2.0 FP

OpenGL Version

N/A

ES 3.2

DirectX Version

N/A

12.0

AI

NPU

Neural Engine

Hexagon

Image Processing Engine

N/A	Spectra ISP

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

3.75 GHz

4.8 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

60 Gb/s

76.8 Gb/s

Memory Max size

8 GB

24 GB

Storage Type

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

N/A

Spectra

ISP Bit Depth

N/A

18-bit

Max Camera Sensor Supported

48 MP

320 MP

Camera Features (HDR, MFNR, ZSL)

N/A	Face detection, Auto Focus, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR)

Max Video Capture Resolution

UHD @ 120 FPS

UHD @ 60 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

N/A	FHD @ 480 FPS

Video Capture Formats

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

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

N/A	UHD @ 144 Hz

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

8K @ 60 FPS

Video Codecs

AV1, VP8, VP9

H.264 (AVC), H.264, H.265 (HEVC), H.265, AV1, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X71 5G

Snapdragon X75

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

USB Version

N/A

3.1

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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