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Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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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 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
Qualcomm Adreno 640
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A18 (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3) |
| Architecture | Donan | Kryo 485 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A17 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
| Successor | Apple A19 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
1x Kryo 485 Prime 2.84 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
3x Kryo 485 Gold 2.42 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Kryo 485 Silver 1.80 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 1.75 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno 640 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | 0.25 - 0.59 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 768 | 4 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q1/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Qualcomm AI engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 12 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A18 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv9-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2024 | Q4/2018 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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