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Apple A4 vs Apple A18 Pro
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A4 (1) | Apple A18 (2) |
| Architecture | A4 | Donan |
| Technology | 45 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A17 Pro | |
| Successor | Apple A19 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 1 / 1 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 1x Cortex-A8 0.80 - 1.00 GHz |
2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX535 | Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 2 | 24 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 65nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2007 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
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| Memory | LPDDR2-800 | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
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| TDP | 12 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Apple A4 | Apple A18 Pro |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q2/2010 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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