Overview - Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 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 2 28
Apple A18 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 23
Apple A18 96
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 46
Apple A18 94
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 Apple A18
CPU 131871 421143
GPU 163570 615010
Memory 114048 178670
UX 94884 345874
Total score 504373 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 83.64% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (4040 vs 2200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 46.39% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1398 vs 955 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 134.38% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (7500 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 209.43% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 (1,561 K vs 504 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 4 Gen 2.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 916
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 2106
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability %

Graphics test -
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 1200 x 2520 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

58%
Turbo Clock Speed

2200 MHz

107%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

91%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
    6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
    2x 4.04 GHz –
    4x 2 GHz –
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 613 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 955 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • 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 3200 MHz 7500 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size - 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X
  • Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 2520 x 1080
  • Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP 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 AAC, 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 X61 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 5 7
  • Bluetooth 5.1 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 2

CPU
28%
GPU
23%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18

CPU
98%
GPU
96%
Memory
88%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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