Mobile processor comparison

Apple A18 vs Samsung Exynos 7885

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

CPU A

Apple A18

6 cores 4050 MHz 3 nanometers Apple A18 GPU
Compared fields 41
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Apple A18
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Samsung Exynos 7885
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz - Everest4x 2.42 GHz - Sawtooth 2x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A736x 1.6 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 3 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors Not available 2 billion
TDP 9 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 60 Gbit/s 7.46 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
GPU Apple A18 GPU Mali-G71 MP2
GPU architecture Apple Bionic GPU Not available
GPU clock 1490 MHz 1100 MHz
Execution units Not available 2
Shaders 128 16
FLOPS 1907 Gigaflops 70.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.3
OpenCL Not available 2.0
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine No

Display and media

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
Maximum display resolution Not available 2220 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 21MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A18Samsung Exynos 7885
Release September 2024 February 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1V08 S5E7885
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
Devices in database Not available 6
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A18

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Samsung Exynos 7885

PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A7 2018
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A7 2018

3.8
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2220 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A8 2018
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A8 2018

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2220 pixels (5…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A8+ Dual SIM
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A8+ Dual SIM

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2220 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy A8+
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A8+

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2220 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
32 GB, 64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3500 mAh