Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Apple A18 Pro

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

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CPU A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

CPU B

6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 Pro GPU

Compared fields 40

Different values 35

Quick factual highlights

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Apple A18 Pro

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

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

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

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple A18 Pro
Maximum display resolution	3840 x 2160	Not available
Maximum camera resolution	1x 200MP	1x 48MP
Video capture	8K at 30FPS, 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

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