Apple A9 vs Apple A18
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 2 cores 1850MHz Apple A9 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
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 0.2496 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 14.9GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 1850MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 14nm)
Released 9 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A9
285954
Apple A18
+438%
1539646
FP32 (float)
Apple A9
0.249 TFLOPS
Apple A18
+618%
1.789 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
Architecture
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
1850 MHz
Frequency
4040 MHz
2
Cores
6
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
3 MB
L2 cache
-
0
L3 cache
-
14 nm
Process
3 nm
2
Transistor count
-
5 W
TDP
-
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
PowerVR GT7600
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
650 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
6
Execution units
5
32
Shading units
128
4
Max size
8
0.2496 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
1.1
Vulkan version
-
1.2
OpenCL version
-
11
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4
Memory type
LPDDR5X
1333 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
14.9 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
60 GB/s
AI
-
NPU
Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple M9
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2048 x 1536
Max display resolution
-
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
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
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+
Qualcomm MDM9635M
Modem
Snapdragon X75
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 6
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 450 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
7
4.2
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2015
Announced
Sep 2024
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1022
Model number
-
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