Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Apple A18 Pro

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2840 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
16 MB
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
-
TDP
6 W
10 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 640
Apple A18 Pro GPU
GPU frequency
585 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
2
6
Shading units
384
128
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.13 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
Neural Engine
Storage type
UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, 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. 20
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1240 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Dec 2018
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150
APL1V07
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
592,031
1,890,277
Geekbench 6
939
3,582
Geekbench 6
2,855
9,089
FP32 (float)
898
2,289