Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 465726 | 237856 |
| GPU | 721738 | 281535 |
| Memory | 250875 | 125373 |
| UX | 375110 | 174897 |
| NanoReview Score | 1813449 | 819661 |
| Stability | n/a | 90 % |
| Graphics Test | n/a | 25 fps |
| File Compression | 300.1 MB/s | 148.4 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 193.3 pages/s | 85.5 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 215.2 MP/sec | 113.5 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 39.2 frames/s | 10.8 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 90.3 frames/s | 28.3 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 322.7 frames/s | 72.7 frames/s |
| HDR | 294.3 MP/sec | 102.4 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 9.08 MP/sec | 4.18 MP/sec |
Games
 PUBG Mobile |
n/a | 88 FPS (Ultra) |
 Call of Duty: Mobile |
n/a | 59 FPS (Ultra) |
 Fortnite |
n/a | 27 FPS (Ultra) |
 Shadowgun Legends |
n/a | 102 FPS (Ultra) |
 World of Tanks Blitz |
n/a | 107 FPS (Ultra) |
 Genshin Impact |
n/a | 60 FPS (Ultra) |
 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
n/a | 49 FPS (Ultra) |
| Device | n/a | Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400) |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest - 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
- 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) - 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) - 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4050 | 3200 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | n/a | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 4 MB |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | n/a | 10.3 billion |
| Power (TDP) | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A18 Pro GPU | Adreno 650 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | Adreno 600 |
| GPU Frequency | 1490 MHz | 670 MHz |
| Execution Units | 6 | 3 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shader | 768 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 2289 GFLOPS | 1029.1 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 2.0 |
| DirectX | n/a | 12.1 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Neural Engine | Hexagon 698 |
| GPU Frequency | 35 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory Frequency | 3750 MHz | 2750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 44 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | - UFS 3.0 - UFS 3.1 |
| Max. resolution | n/a | 3840x2160 pixels |
| Camera | 1x48 pixels | 1x200 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS |
| 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 | X55 |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 MB/s | Up to 7500 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 MB/s | Up to 3000 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - SBAS - NAVIC |
Other
| Announced | September, 2024 yr | January, 2021 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1V07 | SM8250-AC |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.
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