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33

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Snapdragon 680

85

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Snapdragon 680 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 680 vs Apple A18 SoCs by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 680 13
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 680 8
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 680 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 680 33
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 680 Apple A18
CPU 81097 421143
GPU 38425 615010
Memory 68438 178670
UX 63600 345874
Total score 251560 1560697
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 68.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (4040 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25.49% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 680 (1398 vs 1114 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 680 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 680 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 520.41% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 680 (1,561 K vs 252 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 680.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 368
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 680 1496
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

2%
Snapdragon 680
Stability 99%

Graphics test 2 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 90 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 610 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 610 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1114 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 2 -
  • Shading units 96 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Neural Engine
  • Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem X11 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support No Yes
  • 5G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 390 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 150 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
CPU
13%
GPU
8%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
82%
GPU
84%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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