Apple A18 vs Samsung Exynos 2100

Compared 2 processors: Apple A18, vs Samsung Exynos 2100. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A18 and Samsung Exynos 2100
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
Samsung Exynos 2100
894668
CPU431354264571
GPU598981297459
Memory208837144480
UX365876188158
NanoReview Score1605038894668
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A18
n/a
Samsung Exynos 2100
5715
Stabilityn/a66 %
Graphics Testn/a34 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A18
3466
Samsung Exynos 2100
1356
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A18
8592
Samsung Exynos 2100
3348
File Compression286.8 MB/s157.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser184.2 pages/s75.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering201.2 MP/sec105.8 MP/sec
Background Blur36.2 frames/s12.7 frames/s
Photo Processing90 frames/s21.1 frames/s
Image Detection297.2 frames/s70.4 frames/s
HDR279.1 MP/sec112.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.68 MP/sec4.42 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
- 3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 4050 2900
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 5 nm
Power (TDP) 9 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A18 GPU Mali-G78 MP14
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Valhall 2nd gen
GPU Frequency 1490 MHz 854 MHz
Execution Units 5 14
Shader Units 128 32
Total shader 640 448
FLOPS 1907 GFLOPS 765.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS 26 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3750 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 24 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 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 120FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 Exynos 5300
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7350 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3670 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2024 yr December, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V08 S5E9840

Results

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

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