Apple A18 vs Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Apple A18
Winner87#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 wins by 12 points
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
75#5 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 34%
Last year’s flagship: still a strong GPU, now the value pick.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18
- 49% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,350 vs 2,250
- ≈ estimated36% lower rated power: 7 W vs 11 W
- ≈ estimated35% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.8 vs 11
- ≈ estimated32% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.4 vs 7.9
- ≈ estimated27 points higher Battery score: 100 vs 73
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- ≈ estimated31% higher AnTuTu v10: 2,100,000 vs 1,600,000
- 28% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 5,000 vs 3,900
- 18 points higher Gaming score: 81 vs 63
Review
Apple A18 scores 87 overall to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's 75: #4 against #5 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 leads on CPU by 33% (96 (estimated) vs 72 (estimated)) and Battery by 37% (100 (estimated) vs 73 (estimated)).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 leads on Gaming by 29% (81 vs 63).
Apple A18 is ahead in 4 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 single-core by 49% (3,350 vs 2,250).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is ahead in 2 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in AnTuTu v10 by 31% (2,100,000 vs 1,600,000 (estimated)).
Apple A18 is rated at 7 W (estimated) against 11 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated96 +33%≈ estimated72App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming6381 +29%GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated100 +37%≈ estimated73CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8775
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.4 +32%≈ estimated7.9
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.8 +35%≈ estimated11
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,600,0002,100,000 +31%
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,350 +49%2,250
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,300 +19%7,000
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,9005,000 +28%
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 | Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (1× X4 + 5× A720 + 2× A520) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 3.3 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | — |
| L3 cache | — | 12 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 5 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | Hardware |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Adreno 750 |
| NPU | — | Hexagon |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | — |
| Max speed | — | 9600 MT/s |
| Max capacity | — | 24 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 / Apple C1 (16e) | Snapdragon X75 |
| 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.) | 11 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | TSMC N4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | September 2024 | October 2023 |
| Sold as | Part of a device | — |
| Storage | NVMe | UFS 4.0 |
| ISP | — | Spectra |