Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Rank 2 - 96 %
NVIDIA N1X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 46 %
Apple A18
Rank 1 - 100 %
NVIDIA N1X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,384
NVIDIA N1X
NVIDIA N1X 96 %
20C / 20T · 4.05 GHz
3,240
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A18
Apple A18 46 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,430
NVIDIA N1X
NVIDIA N1X 100 %
20C / 20T · 1.50 GHz
18,200
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A18
Apple A18 7 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
2,150
NVIDIA N1X
NVIDIA N1X 100 %
NVIDIA N1X (GB20B)
29,710

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
FamilyApple A series (27)NVIDIA N1 (1)
CPU groupApple A18 (2)NVIDIA N1X (1)
ArchitectureDonanGB10 Grace / Blackwell
Technology3 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple A19

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 620 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
10x Cortex-X925
1.50 - 4.05 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
10x Cortex-A725
1.80 - 2.80 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB24.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
GPU nameApple A18 (5 GPU Cores)NVIDIA N1X (GB20B)
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.68 GHz1.05 - 2.42 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 64048 / 6144
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory8 GB128 GB
Technology3 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2024Q2/2026

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineNVIDIA Blackwell Tensor Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS384 Tensor Kerne (5. Gen Blackwell)
NPU + CPU + iGPUFP4: 1000 TOPS. FP8: 500 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9400 (301.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB128 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
TDP12 W140 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up240 W
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A18NVIDIA N1X
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSVE2, SME, MTE, VIRT
Release dateQ3/2024Q2/2026
Release price
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Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz
NVIDIA N1X
NVIDIA N1X
20C / 20T · 1.50 - 4.05 GHz

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