We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released
Snapdragon 8 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 8 Gen 146
Apple A1898
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 148
Apple A1896
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 186
Apple A1889
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 160
Apple A1894
SoC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
Apple A18
Benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Apple A18
CPU
249768
421143
GPU
448381
615010
Memory
172528
178670
UX
166045
345874
Total score
1036722
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
34.67%
higher CPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4040 vs
3000 MHz).
Apple A18 has
74.75%
higher GPU clock speed than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1398 vs
800 MHz).
Apple A18 has
134.38%
higher memory frequency than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (7500 vs
3200 MHz).
Apple A18 has
25%
smaller sized transistor than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (3 vs
4 nm).
Apple A18 has
50.54%
better AnTuTu 9 score than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (1,561 K vs
1,037 K ).
Apple A18 has latest
instruction set,
hence better than
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1.