Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 855
610427
CPU465726188722
GPU721738172501
Memory250875108871
UX375110140333
NanoReview Score1813449610427
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
File Compression300.1 MB/s129.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/s75.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/sec88.8 MP/sec
Background Blur39.2 frames/s8.79 frames/s
Photo Processing90.3 frames/s27.5 frames/s
Image Detection322.7 frames/s62.3 frames/s
HDR294.3 MP/sec91.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.08 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2840
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache n/a 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.7 billion
Power (TDP) 10 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 Pro GPU Adreno 640
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 585 MHz
Execution Units 6 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 768 768
FLOPS 2289 GFLOPS 898.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
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 690
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 34.13 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.0
Max. resolution n/a 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr December, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V07 SM8150

Results

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

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