Apple A18 Pro vs Snapdragon 8 Elite
Apple A18 Pro
91#2 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 34%
Fastest phone CPU cores; GPU trails Snapdragon in sustained gaming.
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Snapdragon 8 Elite wins by 2 points
Snapdragon 8 Elite
Winner93#1 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 17%
Highest AnTuTu and GPU on Android; runs hot in thin phones.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18 Pro
- ≈ estimated33% lower rated power: 8 W vs 12 W
- ≈ estimated11 points higher Battery score: 95 vs 84
- 8% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,450 vs 3,200
- ≈ estimated6% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.9 vs 10.3
- ≈ estimated6% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 15.3 vs 14.5
Snapdragon 8 Elite
- ≈ estimated50% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,700,000 vs 1,800,000
- 35% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,200 vs 4,600
- 26 points higher Gaming score: 100 vs 74
- 16% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 10,000 vs 8,600
Review
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 93 overall to Apple A18 Pro's 91: #1 against #2 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 Pro leads on CPU by 5% (100 (estimated) vs 95 (estimated)) and Battery by 13% (95 (estimated) vs 84 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Elite leads on Gaming by 35% (100 vs 74).
Apple A18 Pro is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 single-core by 8% (3,450 vs 3,200).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in AnTuTu v10 by 50% (2,700,000 vs 1,800,000 (estimated)).
Apple A18 Pro is rated at 8 W (estimated) against 12 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated100 +5%≈ estimated95App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming74100 +35%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated95 +13%≈ estimated84CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall9193
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.9 +6%≈ estimated10.3
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated15.3 +6%≈ estimated14.5
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,800,0002,700,000 +50%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,450 +8%3,200
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,60010,000 +16%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme4,6006,200 +35%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 Pro | Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (2 Prime + 6 Performance) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 Pro | Oryon (2nd gen) |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 4.32 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | 12 MB + 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 6 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Adreno 830 |
| NPU | — | Hexagon |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | ~68 GB/s (est.) | — |
| Max speed | — | 10667 MT/s |
| Max capacity | — | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X75 (external) | Snapdragon X80 |
| 5G | Sub-6 + mmWave | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 3, 10 Gb/s | — |
| Bluetooth | — | 5.4 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 8 W (est.) | 12 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N3E |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | September 2024 | October 2024 |
| Sold as | Part of a device | — |
| Storage | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
| ISP | — | Triple 20-bit Spectra |