Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A7153x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
4050 MHz
2630 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L2 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
4 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0
TDP
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6 W

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Adreno 720
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
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Execution units
5
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Shading units
128
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Vulkan version
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1.3
OpenCL version
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2.0

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
25.6 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 200MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max display resolution
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3360 x 1600

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Nov 2023
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1V08
SM7550-AB
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
866,863
Geekbench 6
3,466
1,139
Geekbench 6
8,592
3,375
FP32 (float)
1,907
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