Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 801

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 801. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Snapdragon 801

206

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Snapdragon 801

701

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
Number of cores	4	4
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	28 nm
Number of transistors		1000 million
TDP	9 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Adreno 330
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 300
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	578 MHz
Execution units	5	1
Shaders	640	128
DirectX		11
OpenCL API		1.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2560x2048
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 21MP
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)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	10 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.05 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS