Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Apple A18 Pro

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and Apple A18 Pro mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Qualcomm
Apple
Launch Date
March 2023
September 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Mid range
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM7475-AB
A18 Pro
Architecture
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 3.89 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz –
Cores
8
6
Technology
4 nm
3 nm
Frequency
2910 MHz
3890 MHz
Transistor count
10.2
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9.2-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Adreno 725
-
GPU frequency
580 MHz
-
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
-
FLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
2
-
Shading units
768
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5T
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
78.8 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
2 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Neural Engine
TDP
6 W
-

Advantages

Apple A18 Pro
Apple A18 Pro
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3890 MHz (2910 MHz vs 3890 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 78.8 Gbit/s (25.6 Gbit/s vs 78.8 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2024 (March 2023 vs September 2024)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1699
Apple A18 Pro
+101% 3408
Multi Core
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419
Apple A18 Pro
+106% 9092

AnTuTu 10

Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1146404
Apple A18 Pro
+71% 1957348

SiliconCat Rating

29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
4
Ranks 4 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Apple A18 Pro

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