Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A18
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520 | 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth |
| Frequency | 3300 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L3 cache | 0 | |
| Process | 4 nm | 3 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 750 | Apple A18 GPU |
| GPU frequency | 903 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 1536 | 128 |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 77 Gbit/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 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 |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Oct 2023 | Sep 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8650-AB | APL1V08 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Neural Engine | |
| Theoretical Performance | 35 TOPS | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 2079542 | 1622118 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 2181 | 3466 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 7250 | 8592 |
| FP32 (float) | 4730 | 1907 |