Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A18

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
3780 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
6
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
8 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
19
-
TDP
8 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
6
5
Shading units
128
128

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
35 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2023
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
APL1V08

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
2,953
3,466
Geekbench 6
7,441
8,592
FP32 (float)
2,147
1,907