Apple A18 vs Apple A15 Bionic
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 4040MHz Apple A18 vs. 6 cores 3230MHz Apple A15 Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A18 Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (1.7894 TFLOPS vs 1.7126 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (60GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (4040MHz vs 3230MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)
Released 3 years late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A18
+19%
1539646
Apple A15 Bionic
1290037
FP32 (float)
Apple A18
+4%
1789
Apple A15 Bionic
1712
CPU
2x 4.04 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
4x 2 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
4040 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
6
Cores
6
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
-
L2 cache
12 MB
3 nm
Process
5 nm
-
Transistor count
15
-
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
5
Execution units
5
128
Shading units
128
8
Max size
6
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
Memory
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
Neural Engine
NPU
-
35 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
-
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Snapdragon X75
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
7
Wi-Fi
6
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Sep 2024
Announced
Sep 2021
Flagship
Class
Flagship
-
Model number
APL1W07
