Apple A18 vs Tensor G4
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 31 points
Tensor G4
56#6 of 6 mobile SoCs · bottom 17%
Built for on-device AI, not benchmarks; slowest flagship here by a wide margin.
Overview
Key Differences
Apple A18
- 77% higher Geekbench 6 multi-core: 8,300 vs 4,700
- 72% higher Geekbench 6 single-core: 3,350 vs 1,950
- ≈ estimated58% higher SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core: 10.4 vs 6.6
- ≈ estimated57% higher SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core: 14.8 vs 9.4
- 56% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 3,900 vs 2,500
Tensor G4
No measured advantage.
Review
Apple A18 scores 87 overall to Tensor G4's 56: #4 against #6 of 6 mobile SoCs.
Apple A18 leads on CPU by 57% (96 (estimated) vs 61 (estimated)), Gaming by 58% (63 vs 40) and Battery by 52% (100 (estimated) vs 66 (estimated)).
Apple A18 is ahead in 6 of 6 benchmarks, the widest gap in Geekbench 6 multi-core by 77% (8,300 vs 4,700).
Apple A18 is rated at 7 W (estimated) against 9 W (estimated).
- CPU≈ estimated96 +57%≈ estimated61App launch, browsing, photo processing.
- Gaming63 +58%40GPU throughput in demanding 3D games.
- Battery≈ estimated100 +52%≈ estimated66CPU work per watt of peak power: longer runtime.
- Overall8756
Benchmarks
- SPEC CPU 2017 integer, one core≈ estimated10.4 +58%≈ estimated6.6
- SPEC CPU 2017 floating point, one core≈ estimated14.8 +57%≈ estimated9.4
- AnTuTu v10≈ estimated1,600,000 +45%1,100,000
- Geekbench 6 single-core3,350 +72%1,950
- Geekbench 6 multi-core8,300 +77%4,700
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme3,900 +56%2,500
Specs
| Spec | Apple A18 | Tensor G4 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Cores | 6 (2P + 4E) | 8 (1× X4 + 3× A720 + 4× A520) |
| Architecture | Apple A18 | Arm v9.2 |
| Max clock | 4.05 GHz | 3.1 GHz |
| L2 cache | 16 MB (P) | — |
| L3 cache | — | 8 MB |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 5 | — |
| Ray tracing | Hardware | No |
| Neural Engine | 16 cores, 35 TOPS | — |
| GPU | — | Mali-G715 MC7 |
| TPU | — | Google Edge TPU |
| Memory | ||
| Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Capacity | 8 GB | 12 / 16 GB |
| Connectivity | ||
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 / Apple C1 (16e) | Exynos 5400 |
| 5G | Sub-6 | Sub-6 + mmWave |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| USB | 2, 480 Mb/s | — |
| Satellite SOS | — | Yes |
| Power | ||
| Peak package power | 7 W (est.) | 9 W (est.) |
| Node | TSMC N3E | Samsung SF4P |
| Misc | ||
| Launched | September 2024 | August 2024 |
| Sold as | Part of a device | Part of a device |
| Storage | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |