Apple A15 Bionic vs Apple A18 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Apple A15 Bionic, vs Apple A18 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A15 Bionic and Apple A18 Pro
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A15 Bionic
1299090
Apple A18 Pro
1813449
CPU309916465726
GPU432105721738
Memory243964250875
UX313105375110
NanoReview Score12990901813449
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A15 Bionic
9395
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Stability82 %n/a
Graphics Test56 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
2332
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A15 Bionic
5736
Apple A18 Pro
9089
File Compression203.3 MB/s300.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser124.4 pages/s193.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering143.5 MP/sec215.2 MP/sec
Background Blur22.2 frames/s39.2 frames/s
Photo Processing60.2 frames/s90.3 frames/s
Image Detection130 frames/s322.7 frames/s
HDR169.9 MP/sec294.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.93 MP/sec9.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3230 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 15 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 10 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A15 GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1338 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 5 6
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 768
FLOPS 1712.6 GFLOPS 2289 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels n/a
Camera n/a 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X75
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2021 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W07 APL1V07

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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