Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A18
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz – | 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
| Frequency | 4610 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 1792 KB | |
| L2 cache | 24 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | |
| Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Apple A18 GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Execution units | 5 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Memory frequency | 3750 MHz | |
| Max bandwidth | 60 Gb/s | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Theoretical Performance | 35 TOPS | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- 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. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850 | APL1V08 |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 3115282 | 1622118 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 3834 | 3466 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 12396 | 8592 |
| FP32 (float) | 3686 | 1907 |