Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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
1605038
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
389059
CPU431354141170
GPU59898172788
Memory20883774189
UX365876100912
NanoReview Score1605038389059
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1050
Stabilityn/a99 %
Graphics Testn/a6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
750
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1774
File Compression286.8 MB/s92.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s45.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec63.4 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s5.25 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s35.5 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec56.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec2.54 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 43 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 40 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 30 FPS (High)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 34 FPS (Medium)
Device n/a Realme 7 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2300
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 8 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 618
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 750 MHz
Execution Units 5 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 640 256
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 384 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 692
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 2.1
Max. resolution n/a 2520x1080 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p 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
384 kHz/32 bit

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X75 X15
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 15
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 800 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr January, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1V08 SM7125

Results

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

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