Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Apple A18

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2300 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L2 cache
-
8 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 810
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
895 MHz
1490 MHz
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
Execution units
-
5

Memory

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

AI

NPU
Yes
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Neural Engine

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Feb 2025
Sep 2024
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6650
APL1V08
Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
684,046
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
1,130
3,466
Geekbench 6
3,013
8,592
FP32 (float)
458
1,907