Apple A18 vs Apple A18 Pro
Apple A18
87#4 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 50%
Pro-class CPU with one GPU core fewer; the best value Apple chip.
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Apple A18 Pro wins by 4 points
Apple A18 Pro
Winner91#2 of 6 mobile SoCs · top 34%
Fastest phone CPU cores; GPU trails Snapdragon in sustained gaming.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18
- ≈ estimated13% lower rated power: 7 W vs 8 W
- ≈ estimated5 points higher Battery score: 100 vs 95
Apple A18 Pro
- 18% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 4,600 vs 3,900
- ≈ estimated13% higher AnTuTu v10: 1,800,000 vs 1,600,000
- 11 points higher Gaming score: 74 vs 63
- ≈ estimated5% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.9 vs 10.4
- 4% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 8,600 vs 8,300
Review
Apple A18 Pro scores 91 overall to Apple A18's 87: #2 against #4 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 leads on Battery by 5% (100 (estimated) vs 95 (estimated)).
Apple A18 Pro leads on CPU by 4% (100 (estimated) vs 96 (estimated)) and Gaming by 17% (74 vs 63).
Apple A18 Pro is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in 3DMark Wild Life Extreme by 18% (4,600 vs 3,900).
Apple A18 is rated at 7 W (estimated) against 8 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated96≈ estimated100 +4%App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming6374 +17%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated100 +5%≈ estimated95CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8791
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.4≈ estimated10.9 +5%
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.8≈ estimated15.3 +3%
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,600,000≈ estimated1,800,000 +13%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,3503,450 +3%
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,3008,600 +4%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,9004,600 +18%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 6 (2P + 4E) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 | Apple A18 Pro |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 4.05 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | 16 MB (P) |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 5 | 6 |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | 16 cores, 35 TOPS |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | ~68 GB/s (est.) |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 / Apple C1 (16e) | Snapdragon X75 (external) |
| 5G | Sub-6 | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 2, 480 Mb/s | 3, 10 Gb/s |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 7 W (est.) | 8 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N3E |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | September 2024 | September 2024 |
| Sold as | Part of a device | Part of a device |
| Storage | NVMe | NVMe |