Apple A18 Pro vs Samsung Exynos 1580

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18 Pro, vs Samsung Exynos 1580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 Pro and Samsung Exynos 1580
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
Samsung Exynos 1580
906997
CPU465726289519
GPU721738265302
Memory250875156294
UX375110195882
NanoReview Score1813449906997
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Samsung Exynos 1580
1360
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18 Pro
9089
Samsung Exynos 1580
3893
File Compression300.1 MB/s184.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser193.3 pages/s112.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering215.2 MP/sec138.4 MP/sec
Background Blur39.2 frames/s15 frames/s
Photo Processing90.3 frames/s35 frames/s
Image Detection322.7 frames/s68 frames/s
HDR294.3 MP/sec104.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.08 MP/sec4.96 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2900
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 10 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 Pro GPU Samsung Xclipse 540
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 6 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 768 256
FLOPS 2289 GFLOPS 1331.2 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 Yes
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 14.7 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2960x1440 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 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 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5100 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr October, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V07 S5E8855

Results

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

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