Overview - Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Vs Apple A18

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 2 28
Apple A18 82
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 23
Apple A18 84
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 86
Apple A18 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 46
Apple A18 85
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 Apple A18
CPU 149371 421143
GPU 232144 615010
Memory 105312 178670
UX 114446 345874
Total score 601273 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 68.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (4040 vs 2400 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 48.72% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (1398 vs 940 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 17.19% higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (3750 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Apple A18 has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 has 159.57% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (1,561 K vs 601 K ).
  • Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7s Gen 2.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 1001
Apple A18 3322

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 2913
Apple A18 7602

3DMark

Stability 99%

Graphics test 18 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display FHD+ @ 144 Hz, FHD+ @ 120 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 2520 x 1080 -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

59%
Turbo Clock Speed

2400 MHz

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

4040 MHz

48%
Base Frequency

1950 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

  • Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
    4x 1.95 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 5 W -
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 710 Apple A18 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 940 MHz 1398 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 1789.4 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s -
  • Max Size 16 GB 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 200MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 4K at 30FPS 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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 X62 Snapdragon X75
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 2900 Mbps 10000 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed - -
  • 5G Upload Speed 1600 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 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 7s Gen 2

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

Apple A18

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