Apple A18 vs Apple A16 Bionic

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
4050 MHz
3460 MHz
Cores
6
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L2 cache
8 MB
0
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
256 KB
Transistor count
-
16
TDP
-
8 W

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Apple A16 GPU
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
5
5
Shading units
128
128

Memory

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

AI

NPU
Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

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

Connectivity

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

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Sep 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
APL1W10

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
1,441,069
Geekbench 6
3,466
2,627
Geekbench 6
8,592
6,838
FP32 (float)
1,907
1,789