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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ vs Apple A18

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 37 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
1,251
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,384
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,436
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,430
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Qualcomm Adreno 660 AV1
1,720
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
2,150
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
32.0 TOPS
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 0.70 GHz
38.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

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FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2)Apple A18 (2)
ArchitectureKryo 680Donan
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorApple A19

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 680 Prime
3.00 GHz
2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 680 Gold
1.80 GHz
4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
0 GHz
L2-Cache4.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 660 AV1Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.39 - 1.68 GHz
CUs / Shader / 20 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2021Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsHexagon 780 @ 32 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB8 GB
Memory channels41
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP12 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
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