Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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 | 188722 |
| GPU | 598981 | 172501 |
| Memory | 208837 | 108871 |
| UX | 365876 | 140333 |
| NanoReview Score | 1605038 | 610427 |
| Stability | n/a | 82 % |
| Graphics Test | n/a | 18 fps |
| File Compression | 286.8 MB/s | 129.1 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 184.2 pages/s | 75.9 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 201.2 MP/sec | 88.8 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 36.2 frames/s | 8.79 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 90 frames/s | 27.5 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 297.2 frames/s | 62.3 frames/s |
| HDR | 279.1 MP/sec | 91.7 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 8.68 MP/sec | 4.01 MP/sec |
Games
 PUBG Mobile |
n/a | 58 FPS (Ultra) |
 Call of Duty: Mobile |
n/a | 56 FPS (Ultra) |
 Fortnite |
n/a | 28 FPS (Ultra) |
 Shadowgun Legends |
n/a | 51 FPS (Ultra) |
 World of Tanks Blitz |
n/a | 59 FPS (Ultra) |
 Genshin Impact |
n/a | 57 FPS (Ultra) |
| Device | n/a | Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340) |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest - 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
- 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold) - 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold) - 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver) |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4050 | 2840 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | n/a | 512 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 2 MB |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Transistor count | n/a | 6.7 billion |
| Power (TDP) | 9 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A18 GPU | Adreno 640 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | Adreno 600 |
| GPU Frequency | 1490 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Execution Units | 5 | 3 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shader | 640 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 1907 GFLOPS | 898.5 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 2.0 |
| DirectX | n/a | 12.1 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Neural Engine | Hexagon 690 |
| GPU Frequency | 35 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory Frequency | 3750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 60 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | UFS 3.0 |
| Max. resolution | n/a | 3840x2160 pixels |
| Camera | 1x48 pixels | 1x192 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 120FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 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 | X24 LTE, X50 5G |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 MB/s | Up to 5000 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 MB/s | Up to 1240 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - SBAS |
Other
| Announced | September, 2024 yr | December, 2018 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1V08 | SM8150 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 the clear winner in this comparison.
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