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89

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

96

Points
Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Vs Apple A18 Pro

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A18 Pro 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 87
Apple A18 Pro 99
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 94
Apple A18 Pro 100
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 86
Apple A18 Pro 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 89
Apple A18 Pro 96
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Apple A18 Pro
CPU 495720 475293
GPU 914123 719585
Memory 361002 259838
UX 338475 385136
Total score 2109320 1839852
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 28.00% higher memory frequency than Apple A18 Pro (4800 vs 3750 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 14.65% better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 Pro (2,109 K vs 1,840 K).

Pros of Apple A18 Pro

  • Apple A18 Pro has 93.51% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (1490 vs 770 MHz).
  • Apple A18 Pro has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • Apple A18 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 2329
Apple A18 Pro 3342

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 7526
Apple A18 Pro 8147

3DMark

0%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Stability %

Graphics test -
N/A
Apple A18 Pro
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz -
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 -
  • Max External Display 8K @ 30 Hz -
  • HDR HDR Vivid, HDR10, HDR10+ -
  • Color Depth 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

82%
Turbo Clock Speed

3300 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

56%
Base Frequency

2260 MHz

100%
Base Frequency

4050 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
    3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
    2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520
     2x 4.05 GHz – Everest
    4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A-A
  • L1 cache - -
  • L2 cache - 16 MB
  • L3 cache 12 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count - -
  • TDP - 10 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 750 Apple A18 Pro GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
  • GPU frequency 770 MHz 1490 MHz
  • Execution units - -
  • Shading units - 128
  • FLOPS - 2289 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - -
  • OpenCL version - -
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4800 MHz 3750 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 77 Gbit/s 60 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 8 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 4.0 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV 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 5.4 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 8 Gen 3

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU
87%
GPU
94%
Memory
56%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A18 Pro

Apple A18 Pro
CPU
99%
GPU
100%
Memory
44%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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