Apple A18 vs Samsung Exynos 8890

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A18 with Samsung Exynos 8890. 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

Exynos 8890

224856

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A18

3435

Exynos 8890

318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A18

8515

Exynos 8890

881

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Sawtooth	4x 2.3 GHz – Exynos M1 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53
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	5 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 4 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	3750 MHz	1800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple A18 GPU	Mali-T880 MP12
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Mali Midgard
GPU frequency	1490 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	5	12
Shaders	640	192
DirectX		11.1
OpenCL API		1.2
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2400
Max camera resolution	1x 48MP	1x 24MP, 2x 12MP
Max Video Capture	4K@120fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) MJPEG (Motion JPEG) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

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)	4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth	5.3	4.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS GLONASS