Product Compare
Apple A18 Pro vs Apple A9
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister |
| Frequency | 4050 MHz | 1850 MHz |
| Cores | 6 | 2 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 320 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 0 |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 0 |
| Process | 3 nm | 14 nm |
| TDP | 10 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Transistor count | 2 | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A18 Pro GPU | PowerVR GT7600 |
| GPU frequency | 1490 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Execution units | 6 | 6 |
| Shading units | 128 | 32 |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | |
| DirectX version | 11 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gb/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Neural Engine | |
| Theoretical Performance | 35 TOPS | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Apple M9 |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 48MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Max display resolution | 2048 x 1536 | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 6 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 450 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2024 | Sep 2015 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1V07 | APL1022 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 1890277 | 285954 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3582 | 623 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 9089 | 957 |
| FP32 (float) | 2289 | 249 |