Overview - Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 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 4 Gen 1 19
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 13
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 79
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 37
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Apple A18
CPU 114597 421143
GPU 93082 615010
Memory 68776 178670
UX 111637 345874
Total score 388092 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 102% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (4040 vs 2000 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 69.45% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1398 vs 825 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 75.81% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3750 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 50% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (3 vs 6 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 302.15% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (1,561 K vs 388 K ).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 620
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 1835
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 6 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz, HD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

50%
Turbo Clock Speed

2000 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set - ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 6 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 619 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 825 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units 4 -
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 8 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 1K at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X51 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 2500 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 800 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 900 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 210 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.2 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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1

CPU
19%
GPU
13%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
79%

Apple A18

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