Apple A18 Pro vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
In Geekbench, the Apple A18 Pro is 3.1x faster in single-core and 2.9x faster in multi-core. None of the key differences favour the Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2.
Apple A18 Pro vs Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2: key differences
Where the Apple A18 Pro leads
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39% higher peak CPU clock
4.04 GHz vs 2.91 GHz
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Newer Arm instruction set
ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv9-A
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3x larger L3 cache
24 MB vs 8 MB
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Smaller process node
3 nm vs 4 nm
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94% more GPU compute power
2298 GFLOPS vs 1187 GFLOPS
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Newer RAM type
LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
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17% faster RAM
3750 MHz vs 3200 MHz
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2.9x faster in Geekbench multi-core
8,586 vs 2,933
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3.1x faster in Geekbench single-core
3,462 vs 1,109
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
Geekbench Single-Core
3.1x fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
2.9x fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- September 2024
- March 2023
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Upper Mid-range
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Qualcomm
- Model Number
- APL1V07
- SM7475-AB
CPU
- Total Cores
- 6
- 8
- Core Configuration
- 2x 4.04 GHz Performance Cores
4x 2.42 GHz Efficiency Cores - 1x 2.91 GHz - Cortex X2
3x 2.49 GHz - Cortex A710
4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex A510 - Max Frequency
- 4040 MHz
- 2910 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9.2-A
- ARMv9-A
- Process Node
- 3 nm
- 4 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 20 MB
- 2 MB
- L3 Cache
- 24 MB
- 8 MB
- TDP
- 12 W
- 6 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Apple A18 Pro (6-core GPU)
- Adreno 725
- GPU Frequency
- 1490 MHz
- 580 MHz
- Shading Units
- 128
- 512
- FLOPS
- 2298 GFLOPS
- 1187 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- No
- NPU
- Apple Neural Engine
- Hexagon NPU
- API Support
- Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
- Vulkan 1.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5
- RAM Frequency
- 3750 MHz
- 3200 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x 16-bit
- 2x16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 60 GB/s
- 25.6 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 8 GB
- 16 GB
- Storage Type
- NVMe
- UFS 3.1
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 48 MP
- 200 MP
- Video Capture
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS
- 4K at 60FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 2868 x 1320
- QHD+
- Video Playback
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS, HDR10, Dolby Vision
- 4K at 60FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG
- H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X75 5G
- Snapdragon X62 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps
- 4.4 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 1.6 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.3
- Navigation
- NAVIC, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS
- GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
- Total
- 17,44,311
- 13,01,013
- CPU
- 4,78,128
- 5,23,400
- GPU
- 6,51,500
- 1,66,577
- Memory
- 2,48,568
- 2,34,879
- UX
- 3,66,115
- 3,76,157
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 3,462
- 1,109
- Multi-Core
- 8,586
- 2,933
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+38 pointsCPU Score
+37 pointsGPU Score
+50 pointsMemory Score
+26 pointsMore Apple A18 Pro and Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 comparisons
Each chip against rivals with a similar overall score.
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