Apple A18 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A18 Pro

Snapdragon 835

308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18 Pro

3571

Snapdragon 835

383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18 Pro

9062

Snapdragon 835

1694

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors		3000 million
TDP	10 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 682

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 pro GPU	Adreno 540
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	740 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	768	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS