Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 712

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 712. 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

Snapdragon 712

282737

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Snapdragon 712

397

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Snapdragon 712

1491

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A75 (Kryo 360 Gold) 6x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 360 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors		3000 million
TDP	9 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 685

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	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Adreno 616
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	750 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	128
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3360x1440
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 192MP, 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	0.8 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 SBAS