Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite 2. 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 | 431354 | 679852 |
| GPU | 598981 | 1283493 |
| Memory | 208837 | 646515 |
| UX | 365876 | 505422 |
| NanoReview Score | 1605038 | 3115282 |
| File Compression | 286.8 MB/s | 421.4 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 184.2 pages/s | 268 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 201.2 MP/sec | 300.8 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 36.2 frames/s | 42.4 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 90 frames/s | 115.6 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 297.2 frames/s | 353.8 frames/s |
| HDR | 279.1 MP/sec | 339.4 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 8.68 MP/sec | 14.1 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest - 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
- 2x 4.6 GHz - - 6x 3.63 GHz - |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4050 | 4600 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | n/a |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 16 MB |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 9 W | n/a |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A18 GPU | n/a |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | n/a |
| GPU Frequency | 1490 MHz | n/a |
| Execution Units | 5 | n/a |
| Shader Units | 128 | n/a |
| Total shader | 640 | n/a |
| FLOPS | 1907 GFLOPS | 3990 GFLOPS |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Neural Engine | Hexagon |
| GPU Frequency | 35 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 3750 MHz | n/a |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | n/a |
| Max RAM | 8 GB | n/a |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | - UFS 4.0 - UFS 4.1 |
| Camera | 1x48 pixels | 1x320 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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. 24 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 MB/s | n/a |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 MB/s | n/a |
| Wi-Fi version | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
Other
| Announced | September, 2024 yr | September, 2025 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1V08 | SM8850 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.
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