Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Apple A18

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.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Apple A18

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Summary

Release Date

Nov, 2025

Sep, 2024

CPU

Octa core

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

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

3 nm

GPU

Adreno 829

Apple A18 GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

3,098,258

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1,764,170

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Geekbench Score

2,889/9,583

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3,278/7,995

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Apple iPhone 16E (iPhone SE 4)

Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 3,098,258

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Apple A18 1,764,170

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CPU

951,159

449,863

GPU

1,064,381

712,145

Memory

506,796

231,053

575,922

371,109

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 2,889

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Apple A18 3,278

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 9,583

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Apple A18 7,995

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Apple

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

Apple A18

Model No

SM8845

APL1V08

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

Hexa Core

CPU

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

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

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv9.2-A

L2 Cache

12 MB

8 MB

GPU

Adreno 829

Apple A18 GPU

GPU Clock speed

1.225 GHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

512

128

Total Shaders

1024

640

FLOPS

2508.8 Gigaflops

1907 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.4

N/A

OpenCL Version

3.0 FP

N/A

OpenGL Version

ES 3.2

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Neural Engine

Image Processing Engine

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

4.8 GHz

3.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

76.8 Gb/s

60 Gb/s

Memory Max size

24 GB

8 GB

Storage Type

UFS 4.1

NVMe

Camera

Image Signal Processor (ISP) Name

Qualcomm Spectra

N/A

ISP Bit Depth

20-bit

N/A

Max Camera Sensor Supported

320 MP

48 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Slow Motion Video Capture

FHD @ 480 FPS

N/A

Video Capture Formats

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

N/A

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

3840x2540

N/A

Max External Display Resolution

8K @ 30 Hz

N/A

Max Refresh Rate

240 Hz

N/A

HDR Support

Yes

N/A

Color Depth

10 bit

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 60 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Video Codecs

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

AV1, VP8, VP9

Audio Codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

Modem Name

Snapdragon X80

Snapdragon X71 5G

5G Support

Yes

Peak Download Speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Peak Upload Speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

Wi-Fi Version

Wi-Fi Standard

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

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

Bluetooth Version

6.0

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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