Apple A18 vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
4050 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L2 cache
8 MB
16 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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256 KB
Transistor count
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25
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A18 GPU
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
1490 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
5
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Shading units
128
144
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3750 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
60 Gb/s
102.4 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
18 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution
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2732 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2024
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V08
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,622,118
2,143,122
Geekbench 6
3,466
3,037
Geekbench 6
8,592
11,776
FP32 (float)
1,907
3,502
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.