Apple A18 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. 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 888 Plus

830154

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Snapdragon 888 Plus

1165

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Snapdragon 888 Plus

3612

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	1x 3.00 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors		10300 million
TDP	9 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	5	2
Shaders	640	512
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	8K@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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	7 (802.11be)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS