Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Apple A18
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)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
2960 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
-
L2 cache
0
8 MB
L3 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 640
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
675 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
2
5
Shading units
384
128
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
-
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, UFS 3.1
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
5.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Apr 2019
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150-AC
APL1V08
AI
NPU
-
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
636,716
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
996
3,466
Geekbench 6
2,569
8,592
FP32 (float)
1,036
1,907