Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. 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 821

232375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Snapdragon 821

353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Snapdragon 821

857

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	3 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors		2000 million
TDP	9 Watt	11 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	256
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.1
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 28MP, 2x
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	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS