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Apple A18 vs Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A18
84 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
16C / 16T · 4.51 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18
32 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
16C / 16T · 1.26 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A18
13 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
Apple M4 Max (40 Core)
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A18
100 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
16C / 16T · 1.26 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | Apple M4 (7) |
| Architecture | Donan | M4 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
| Successor | Apple A19 | Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 16 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
12x Donan P-Core 1.26 - 4.51 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
4x Donan E-Core 1.02 - 2.59 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 52.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores) | Apple M4 Max (40 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | 0.39 - 1.58 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 640 / 5120 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 96 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q4/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-8533 (546.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 8 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | 90 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A18 | Apple M4 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q4/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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