Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
4050 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
320 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
L3 cache
16 MB
-
Process
3 nm
28 nm
TDP
10 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Transistor count
-
1

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Adreno 505
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
450 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
128
48
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
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AI

NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 536
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 21MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
1080p at 60FPS
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
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
-
1920 x 1200

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 4
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 75 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1V07
MSM8937
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,890,277
135,324
Geekbench 6
3,582
206
Geekbench 6
9,089
832
FP32 (float)
2,289
43