Mobile processor comparison

Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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CPU A

Apple A18 Pro

6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 Pro GPU

CPU B

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

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Different values 35

Quick factual highlights

Apple A18 Pro

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Specification	Apple A18 Pro	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture	2x 4.05 GHz - Everest4x 2.42 GHz - Sawtooth	1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	4050 MHz	3200 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv9-A
Process technology	3 nanometers	4 nanometers
TDP	10 W	Not available

Specification	Apple A18 Pro	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
L2 cache	16 MB	Not available
L3 cache	Not available	6 MB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory bus	4x 16 Bit	4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	60 Gbit/s	51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	8 GB	24 GB

Specification	Apple A18 Pro	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
GPU	Apple A18 Pro GPU	Adreno 730
GPU architecture	Apple Bionic GPU	Adreno 700
GPU clock	1490 MHz	900 MHz
Shaders	128	Not available
FLOPS	2289 Gigaflops	Not available
Vulkan	Not available	1.1
OpenCL	Not available	2.0
DirectX	Not available	12
Neural processor / NPU	Neural Engine	Hexagon

Specification	Apple A18 Pro	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Maximum display resolution	Not available	3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 200MP
Video capture	4K at 120FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback	4K at 120FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs	- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG	H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs	- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Specification	Apple A18 Pro	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G	LTE Cat. 24	LTE Cat. 24
5G	Yes	Yes
Download speed	Up to 10000 Mbps	Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3500 Mbps	Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi	7	6
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC