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85

Points
Apple A18

Apple A18

95

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Apple A18 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 82
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Apple A18 84
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Apple A18 89
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Apple A18 85
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Apple A18 Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 421143 635739
GPU 615010 1237734
Memory 178670 460296
UX 345874 457187
Total score 1560697 2790956
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 27.09% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (1398 vs 1100 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 42.21% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 (5333 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 78.83% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (2,791 K vs 1,561 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Apple A18 3322
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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Apple A18 7602
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

0%
Apple A18
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

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
     2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A18 GPU Adreno 830
  • Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units 128 768
  • FLOPS 1789.4 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 - 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 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 24FPS, 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ 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 - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • 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

Apple A18
CPU
82%
GPU
84%
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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