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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

90

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 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.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 32
Apple A18 93
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 25
Apple A18 89
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 48
Apple A18 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 Apple A18
CPU 177123 421143
GPU 162367 615010
Memory 101455 178670
UX 120496 345874
Total score 561441 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 7 Gen 1 (4040 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 133.00% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (1398 vs 600 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 17.19% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 177.98% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 (1,561 K vs 561 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 1.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 812
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 3081
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

16%
Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Stability 99%

Graphics test 17 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3360 x 1600 -
  • Max External Display QHD @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
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 1x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A710
    3x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 3 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 5 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 662 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 600 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 384 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, 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 X62 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 4400 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 1200 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 210 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

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Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
CPU
32%
GPU
25%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18

Apple A18
CPU
93%
GPU
89%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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