Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4 vs Apple A18
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2400 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
6
Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Instruction set
—
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
—
8 MB
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gb/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
—
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 2.2
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
—
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
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Neural Engine
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.4
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Oct 2025
Sep 2024
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6435-AA
APL1V08
Graphics
GPU name
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Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
—
1490 MHz
Execution units
—
5
Shading units
—
128
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
543,361
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
1,008
3,466
Geekbench 6
2,479
8,592
FP32 (float)
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1,907
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.