Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 vs Apple A18 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3, vs Apple A18 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 and Apple A18 Pro
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
817003
Apple A18 Pro
1813449
CPU263765465726
GPU261155721738
Memory137609250875
UX154474375110
NanoReview Score8170031813449
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5916
Apple A18 Pro
n/a
Graphics Test35 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1139
Apple A18 Pro
3582
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
3375
Apple A18 Pro
9089
File Compression164.1 MB/s300.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser92.9 pages/s193.3 pages/s
PDF Rendering120.1 MP/sec215.2 MP/sec
Background Blur12 frames/s39.2 frames/s
Photo Processing29.6 frames/s90.3 frames/s
Image Detection65.2 frames/s322.7 frames/s
HDR105.1 MP/sec294.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.38 MP/sec9.08 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)
- 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
- 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2630 4050
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) n/a 10 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 720 Apple A18 Pro GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 975 MHz 1490 MHz
Execution Units 2 6
Shader Units 256 128
Total shader 512 768
FLOPS 998.4 GFLOPS 2289 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels n/a
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X63 Snapdragon X75
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 5000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2023 yr September, 2024 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7550-AB APL1V07

Results

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

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