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83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro

85

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18
Overview - A17 Pro Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A17 Pro vs Apple A18 SoCs by Apple. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 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
A17 Pro 78
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A17 Pro 82
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A17 Pro 89
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A17 Pro 83
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A17 Pro Apple A18
CPU 399992 421143
GPU 620081 615010
Memory 265579 178670
UX 346005 345874
Total score 1631657 1560697
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 4.55% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (1,632 K vs 1,561 K).

Pros of Apple A18

  • Apple A18 has 6.88% higher CPU clock speed than A17 Pro (4040 vs 3780 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 17.19% higher memory frequency than A17 Pro (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than A17 Pro.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A17 Pro 2999
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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A17 Pro 7779
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
N/A
Apple A18
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
     2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 6 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 19 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A17 GPU Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Apple GPU Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units 128 128
  • FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A17 Pro

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

Apple A18

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