Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Apple A18

Based on benchmark performance, Apple A18 achieves a higher total AnTuTu score of 1,764,170 (tested by 91Mobiles), compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 870's 735,714 (tested by 91Mobiles), making Apple A18 the more powerful processor.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Summary

Release Date

Jan, 2021

Sep, 2024

CPU

Octa core

(3.2 GHz, Single Core + 2.42 GHz, Tri core + 1.8 GHz, Quad core)

Hexa Core

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

Process Node

7 nm

3 nm

GPU

Adreno 650

Apple A18 GPU

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

AnTuTu Score

745,060

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1,764,170

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Geekbench Score

1,019/3,384

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3,278/7,995

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Benchmark

AnTuTu (The higher, the better)

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 735,714

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Apple A18 1,764,170

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CPU

197,535

449,863

GPU

248,006

712,145

Memory

130,994

231,053

159,179

371,109

Geekbench (The higher, the better)

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

Geekbench Single Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 1,019

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Apple A18 3,278

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Geekbench Multi Core

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 3,384

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Apple A18 7,995

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General

SoC Brand

Qualcomm

Apple

Title

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Apple A18

Model No

SM8250-AC

APL1V08

Manufacturing

TSMC

CPU

Total Cores

Octa core

Hexa Core

CPU

Octa core (3.2 GHz, Single Core, Cortex A77 + 2.42 GHz, Tri core, Cortex A77 + 1.8 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A55)

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

7 nm

3 nm

Instruction Set

ARMv8.2-A

ARMv9.2-A

L1 Cache

512 KB

N/A

L2 Cache

1 MB

8 MB

L3 Cache

4 MB

N/A

GPU

Adreno 650

Apple A18 GPU

GPU Clock speed

670 MHz

1.49 GHz

Pipelines

Shading Units

256

128

Total Shaders

768

640

FLOPS

1029.1 Gigaflops

1907 Gigaflops

Vulkan Version

1.1

N/A

OpenCL Version

2.0 FP

N/A

DirectX Version

12.1

N/A

AI

NPU

Hexagon

Neural Engine

Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Speed

2.75 GHz

3.75 GHz

Bus

4x16 Bit

Memory Max bandwidth

44 Gb/s

60 Gb/s

Memory Max size

16 GB

8 GB

Storage Type

UFS 3.1

NVMe

Camera

Max Camera Sensor Supported

200 MP

48 MP

Max Video Capture Resolution

8K @ 30 FPS

UHD @ 120 FPS

Display

Max On-Device Display Resolution

UHD

N/A

Multimedia

Video Playback Resolution

8K @ 30 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

X55	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, g, n, n 5GHz

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

Bluetooth Version

5.2

5.3

Navigation

BeiDou, Galileo, Glonass, GPS, NavIC, QZSS

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