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Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18 Pro
Rank 2 - 12 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18 Pro
Rank 2 - 18 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,409
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
416
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,492
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz
1,489
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A18 Pro
Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
3,589
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm Adreno 540
567

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At a glance

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A18 (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 830 (1)
ArchitectureDonanKryo 280
Technology3 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A17 Pro
SuccessorApple A19 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 845

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
4x Kryo 280 Gold
2.45 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
4x Kryo 280 Silver
1.90 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
GPU nameApple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores)Qualcomm Adreno 540
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.68 GHz0.71 - 0.71 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 768 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology3 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2024Q1/2017

NPU AI performance

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineQualcomm AI engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPSHexagon 682
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
MemoryLPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-3733 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB8 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
TDP12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A18 ProQualcomm Snapdragon 835
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv9-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2024Q2/2017
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A18 Pro
Apple A18 Pro
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C / 8T · 2.45 GHz

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