Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A18

93 out 100
Apple A17 Pro
VS
95 out 100
Apple A18

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Apple A18. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Apple A18
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
Processors:
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Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A17 Pro
1536108
Apple A18
1605038
CPU390106431354
GPU534149598981
Memory274926208837
UX336927365876
NanoReview Score15361081605038
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Apple A18
n/a
Graphics Test59 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Apple A18
3466
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Apple A18
8592
File Compression260.8 MB/s286.8 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s184.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec201.2 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s36.2 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s90 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s297.2 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec279.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec8.68 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 3780 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 19 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 8 W 9 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Apple A18 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 6 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 640
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 1907 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 35 TOPS 35 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 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 1290x2796 pixels n/a
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 Snapdragon X70 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 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 APL1V08

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