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90

Points
Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro

95

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Overview - Apple A18 Pro Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Apple A18 Pro vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) SoCs by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-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
Apple A18 Pro 87
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Apple A18 Pro 94
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Apple A18 Pro 89
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Apple A18 Pro 90
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Apple A18 Pro Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 475293 635739
GPU 719585 1237734
Memory 259838 460296
UX 385136 457187
Total score 1839852 2790956
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18 Pro

  • Apple A18 Pro has 35.45% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (1490 vs 1100 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 42.21% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 Pro (5333 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 51.69% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 Pro (2,791 K vs 1,840 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 42.33% higher memory bandwidth than Apple A18 Pro (85.4 vs 60 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Apple A18 Pro 3342
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Apple A18 Pro 8147
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

0%
Apple A18 Pro
Stability %

Graphics test -
121%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
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

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
     2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP 10 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A18 Pro GPU Adreno 830
  • Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 1490 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 128 768
  • FLOPS 2289 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed 3500 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 1500 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro
CPU
87%
GPU
94%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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