Apple A18 vs Apple A14 Bionic

95 out 100
Apple A18
VS
71 out 100
Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and Apple A14 Bionic
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 A18
1605038
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU431354310050
GPU598981323143
Memory208837173777
UX365876288345
NanoReview Score16050381095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression286.8 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 6
Frequency 4050 3100
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 9 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 5 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 640 256
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution n/a 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels n/a
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
- 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 X75 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
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 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 APL1W01

Results

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

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