85

Points
Apple A18

90

Points
Apple A18 Pro
Overview - Apple A18 Vs Apple A18 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Apple A18 vs Apple A18 Pro 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
Apple A18 82
Apple A18 Pro 87
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Apple A18 84
Apple A18 Pro 94
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Apple A18 89
Apple A18 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Apple A18 85
Apple A18 Pro 90
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Apple A18 Apple A18 Pro
CPU 421143 475293
GPU 615010 719585
Memory 178670 259838
UX 345874 385136
Total score 1560697 1839852
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A18 Pro

  • Apple A18 Pro has 6.58% higher GPU clock speed than Apple A18 (1490 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 17.89% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (1,840 K vs 1,561 K ).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Apple A18.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Apple A18 3322
Apple A18 Pro 3342

Multi-Core Score

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Apple A18 7602
Apple A18 Pro 8147

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
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

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
    2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
  • Cores 6 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A18 GPU Apple A18 Pro GPU
  • Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1490 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 128 128
  • FLOPS 1789.4 Gigaflops 2289 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3750 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 60 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X 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 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, 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+ AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, AIFF, CAF, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X75 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - 3500 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - 1500 Mbps
  • Wi-Fi 7 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • 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

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

Apple A18 Pro

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