Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Apple A18
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 8 cores 2200MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs. 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 22GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 2200MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 4nm)
Released 2 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
582743
Apple A18
+164%
1539646
CPU
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Architecture
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
2200 MHz
Frequency
4040 MHz
8
Cores
6
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
4 nm
Process
3 nm
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Adreno 710
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
Execution units
5
-
Shading units
128
8
Max size
8
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
22 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
60 GB/s
AI
-
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
UFS 2.2
Storage type
NVMe
2520 x 1080
Max display resolution
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
X62
Modem
Snapdragon X75
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 2900 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
7
5.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2022
Announced
Sep 2024
Mid range
Class
Flagship
SM6450
Model number
-
