Apple A18 vs Snapdragon 8 Elite
Apple A18
87#4 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 50%
Pro-class CPU with one GPU core fewer; the best value Apple chip.
vs
Snapdragon 8 Elite wins by 6 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
- ≈ estimated42% lower rated power: 7 W vs 12 W
- ≈ estimated16 points higher Battery score: 100 vs 84
- 5% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,350 vs 3,200
- ≈ estimated2% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.8 vs 14.5
- ≈ estimated1% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.4 vs 10.3
Snapdragon 8 Elite
- ≈ estimated69% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,700,000 vs 1,600,000
- 59% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 6,200 vs 3,900
- 37 points higher Gaming score: 100 vs 63
- 20% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 10,000 vs 8,300
Review
Snapdragon 8 Elite scores 93 overall to Apple A18's 87: #1 against #4 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 leads on CPU by 1% (96 (estimated) vs 95 (estimated)) and Battery by 19% (100 (estimated) vs 84 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Elite leads on Gaming by 59% (100 vs 63).
Apple A18 is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 single-core by 5% (3,350 vs 3,200).
Snapdragon 8 Elite is ahead in 3 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in AnTuTu v10 by 69% (2,700,000 vs 1,600,000 (estimated)).
Apple A18 is rated at 7 W (estimated) against 12 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated96 +1%≈ estimated95App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming63100 +59%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated100 +19%≈ estimated84CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8793
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.4 +1%≈ estimated10.3
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.8 +2%≈ estimated14.5
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,600,0002,700,000 +69%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,350 +5%3,200
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,30010,000 +20%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,9006,200 +59%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 | Snapdragon 8 Elite |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (2 Prime + 6 Performance) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 | Oryon (2nd gen) |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 4.32 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | 12 MB + 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 5 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Adreno 830 |
| NPU | — | Hexagon |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | — |
| Max speed | — | 10667 MT/s |
| Max capacity | — | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 / Apple C1 (16e) | Snapdragon X80 |
| 5G | Sub-6 | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 2, 480 Mb/s | — |
| Bluetooth | — | 5.4 |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 7 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 |