Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
676837
CPU431354207306
GPU598981171454
Memory208837166898
UX365876131179
NanoReview Score1605038676837
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
3166
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
964
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
2761
File Compression286.8 MB/s130.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s71.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec101.8 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s10.5 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s25 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s51.3 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec84.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec3.49 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1/2.4 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2.36 (Cortex-A710)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A n/a
L2 cache 8 MB 3 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Adreno 644
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 443 MHz
Execution Units 5 3
Shader Units 128 384
Total shader 640 768
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 680.4 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
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 25.6 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 3.1
Max. resolution n/a 2560x1600 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 X62
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4400 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
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 May, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V08 SM7450-AB

Results

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

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