Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Apple A18 Pro
In Geekbench, the Apple A18 Pro is 78% faster in single-core and 70% faster in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 does better: 12% faster RAM (4200 MHz vs 3750 MHz).
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Apple A18 Pro: key differences
Where the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 leads
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12% faster RAM
4200 MHz vs 3750 MHz
Where the Apple A18 Pro leads
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20% higher peak CPU clock
4.04 GHz vs 3.36 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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4% more GPU compute power
2298 GFLOPS vs 2208.8 GFLOPS
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70% faster in Geekbench multi-core
8,586 vs 5,037
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78% faster in Geekbench single-core
3,462 vs 1,942
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
+78% fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
+70% fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- November 2022
- September 2024
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Flagship
- Manufacturer
- Qualcomm
- Apple
- Model Number
- SM8550-AB, SM8550-AC2
- APL1V07
CPU
- Total Cores
- 8
- 6
- Core Configuration
- 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex X3
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A715
2x 2.8 GHz - Cortex A710
3x 2 GHz - Cortex A510 - 2x 4.04 GHz Performance Cores
4x 2.42 GHz Efficiency Cores - Max Frequency
- 3360 MHz
- 4040 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv9-A
- ARMv9.2-A
- Process Node
- 4 nm
- 3 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 1 MB
- 20 MB
- L3 Cache
- 8 MB
- 24 MB
- TDP
- 8.5 W
- 12 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Adreno 740
- Apple A18 Pro (6-core GPU)
- GPU Frequency
- 680 MHz
- 1490 MHz
- Shading Units
- 1024
- 128
- FLOPS
- 2208.8 GFLOPS
- 2298 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- Yes
- NPU
- Hexagon NPU
- Apple Neural Engine
- API Support
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2
- Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5X
- LPDDR5X
- RAM Frequency
- 4200 MHz
- 3750 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x16-bit
- 4x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 67.2 GB/s
- 60 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 24 GB
- 8 GB
- Storage Type
- UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
- NVMe
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 200 MP
- 48 MP
- Video Capture
- 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS, 720p at 960FPS
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 4K
- 2868 x 1320
- Video Playback
- 8K HDR at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
- 4K @ 120FPS, 8K @ 24FPS, HDR10, Dolby Vision
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1
- H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- Snapdragon X75 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 10 Gbps
- 10 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 3.5 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 7
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.3
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC
- NAVIC, GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS
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
- 17,56,001
- 17,44,311
- CPU
- 5,58,984
- 4,78,128
- GPU
- 4,39,885
- 6,51,500
- Memory
- 3,01,880
- 2,48,568
- UX
- 4,55,252
- 3,66,115
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 1,942
- 3,462
- Multi-Core
- 5,037
- 8,586
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+12 pointsCPU Score
+23 pointsGPU Score
+13 pointsMemory Score
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