Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 A18 Pro
1813449
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU465726367514
GPU721738596874
Memory250875300073
UX375110297159
NanoReview Score18134491561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Graphics Testn/a77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression300.1 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur39.2 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing90.3 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection322.7 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR294.3 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.08 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 3200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count n/a 16 billion
Power (TDP) 10 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 Pro GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 6 3
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 768 1536
FLOPS 2289 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V07 SM8550-AB

Results

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

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