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A18 Pro vs Apple A18

A18 Pro
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Apple A18
A18 Pro
Apple A18

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A18 Pro (with Apple A18 Pro GPU graphics) and Apple A18 (Apple A18 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (33)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A18 Pro
  • Performs 20% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Apple A18
  • Shows better (up to 11%) AnTuTu 11 score โ€“ 1972K vs 1782K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A18 Pro
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Apple A18

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A18 Pro
1782199
Apple A18 +11%
1972476
CPU 521852 611649
GPU 562674 589953
Memory 187942 181123
UX 509731 589751
Total score 1782199 1972476
Samples [15 tests] [29 tests]
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A18 Pro +4%
3570
Apple A18
3431
Multi-Core Score
A18 Pro +3%
8923
Apple A18
8638
Asset compression 299.9 MB/sec 286.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 191.2 pages/sec 184.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 196.8 Mpixels/sec 201.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 319.6 images/sec 297.2 images/sec
HDR 289.5 Mpixels/sec 279.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 37.6 images/sec 36.2 images/sec
Photo processing 91 images/sec 90 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.03 Mpixels/sec 8.68 Mpixels/sec
Samples 14 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A18 Pro +19%
33278
Apple A18
28010
Background blur 62.5 images/sec 49.2 images/sec
Face detection 78.2 images/sec 71.8 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.98 Gpixels/sec 0.86 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 1.3 Gpixels/sec 1.14 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.5 Gpixels/sec 1.44 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.49 Gpixels/sec 0.39 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 100 Gpixels/sec 77.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3659.7 FPS 2811.1 FPS
API Metal Metal
Samples 7 tests 4 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
A18 Pro +10%
1732
Apple A18
1579
Score 1732 1579
Stability 71% 75%
Graphics test 13 FPS 12 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
A18 Pro +12%
7585
Apple A18
6750
Score 7585 6750
Graphics test 29 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 35 FPS 31 FPS
Section 2 30 FPS 26 FPS
Section 3 21 FPS 20 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A18 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-21 (Neuron)AnTuTu1500141
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-21 (l1tsemerr)AnTuTu1650968
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-15 (Anton)AnTuTu1782199
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-06-04 (Rain)GeekBench CPU3656 / 9628
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-05-20 (013gafurov)AnTuTu1891085
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Apple A18
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-30 (Dddd)AnTuTu1905485
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-18 (Aj)AnTuTu1949745
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-15 (vovachips)AnTuTu1842572
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh)GeekBench CPU3531 / 9122
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh)AnTuTu2045650
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A18 Pro and Apple A18

CPU

Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz โ€“ Everest
4x 2.42 GHz โ€“ Sawtooth		 2x 4.05 GHz โ€“ Everest
4x 2.42 GHz โ€“ Sawtooth
Cores 6 6
Frequency 4050 MHz 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB -
L2 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W 9 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A18 Pro GPU Apple A18 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1490 MHz 1490 MHz
Pipelines 6 5
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 768 640
FLOPS 2289 Gigaflops 1907 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 35 TOPS 35 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 3750 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 60 Gb/s 60 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG		 - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV		 - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X71 5G Snapdragon X71 5G
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 7
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced September 2024 September 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1V07 APL1V08
Successor - Apple A19 Pro - Apple A19

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Comments

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may NOT BE TRUE February 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Im 50% sure the a18 pro has 24MB of L3 cache and the a18 has 12mb of L3 cache.
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Serhii February 19, 2025 at 06:10 AM
I'm pretty sure it doesn't have an L3 cache.
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This doesnt make sense? February 15, 2025 at 09:04 PM
The m1 has a gaming performance score of 97 and the a18 pro 96?? In gb6 we can see the a18 pro having better cpu and Metal capabilities. Even on AnTuTu it says the a18 pro is better.
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Sechear January 17, 2025 at 02:23 AM
I just want to say that with almost every iOS update the the GB6 scores will get higher. When the iphone 16 pro max was first launched a few months back I averaged around 8300-8400, now scores like 8800-8900 and even 9000 are becoming more common and with some scores reaching as high as 9400-9500 in gb6โ€™ Multi-Core Score
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Phenro January 17, 2025 at 03:26 PM
Incorrect... It only increased this time for A18 and A18 Pro during ios 18... But that wasn't the case all the time... With ios 16, the A17 Pro used to score 3000 single core points and 7800 multicore points and the A16 used to score 2800 single core points and 7200 multicore score... But during ios 17 it decreased significantly, with the A17 scoring around 2800 points in si
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Sechear January 25, 2025 at 06:24 PM
Phenro, Thats why I commented on the a18 and a18 pro comparison
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Dustin January 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Oh, getting over 9100 is quite common for me. I conducted four Geekbench 6 tests, and three of those four tests achieved a score of over 9200 in the Multi-core section.
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Suraj July 26, 2025 at 05:55 PM
Phenro, A17 dosemt exist only a 17 pro exists bro
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LGs January 16, 2025 at 01:30 AM
The GB6 scores with ios 18.2.1 on the Iphone 16 pro mac averages to about 8800-8900 and could get as high as 9400 in the Multi-core score
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User January 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Serhii, you should either increase the score of the A18 Pro or decrease the score of the A18 in the gaming section. The A18 Pro has better gaming performance than the A18.
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LGS December 20, 2024 at 08:49 PM
How is it possible that the A18 and A18 Pro have the same gaming performance? The A18 Pro has consistently outperformed the A18 in gaming.
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Justin December 11, 2024 at 06:16 AM
Can someone please help me understand how the Rams score is so much higher on the a18 pro. And furthermore, this is actually more importantโ€ฆโ€ฆcan someone explain how the a 17 pro has higher ram scores than a18 pro. Even the a16 pro has better scores. Thank you.
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fuuk1 December 2, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Both A18 SoCs performance and efficiency cores are 3rd gen Everest and Sawtooth cores. And performance cores are clocked at 4.05 GHz and efficiency cores are clocked at 2.42 GHz for both A18 SoCs. Found this on Wikipedia. Bunch of other info is also there. Would be helpful to update it.
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Okay November 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Seems like a similar chipsets but one got locked speed a little bit.
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KingDStefan November 12, 2024 at 08:05 PM
Geekbench 6 peak scores, from the official site A18 Pro: 3410, 8426 A18: 3280, 8031 https://browser.geekbench.com/ios_devices/iphone-16-pro
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Dhruv.69 February 7, 2026 at 12:04 PM
On iOS 26.2.1 my iPhone scored single- 3519 & multi-8901 ๏ฃฟ
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Khalid October 28, 2024 at 03:46 PM
A18 = A17 Pro CPU and Neural Engine + A16 Bionic GPU.
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Anonymous October 5, 2024 at 09:30 AM
Now that the cpu and gaming performance of these flagship phones are very close to 100 percent, i wonder what will be the benchmark for phones to come.
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Suraj June 12, 2026 at 07:17 PM
The just degraded the scores hahaha
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Senn Lens YT September 25, 2024 at 04:14 PM
This is my first time seeing Apple is making 2 variants of processors in their smartphone. Unlike last 2 years the base series (14, 14 Plus, 15 and 15 Plus) are using 1 year old chipset and Pro series are using latest chipset. Now, they're using same chipset but the difference are A18 and A18 Pro. A18 will be putting on base series (16 and 16+) while A18 Pro will be putting on Pro series (16 Pro and 16 Pro Max). In their announcement, they just only announced 5 GPU cores on A18 and 6 GPU cores on A18 Pro and they didn't say more info about their processors including how many GB of RAM, what game does it supports and they just show all triple A games (like ray tracing support) on all iPhone 16 models regardless the base model or the pro model. And surprisingly, someone do a review on heavy gaming test like Genshin Impact, really surprised that the 16 Pro series not much overheat compared to last year 15 Pro series. I really hope that 16 series need some optimisation in the upcoming updates because I feel worried that someone having issues during their first batch of iPhone 16 series like camera hang, "hello" (welcome) screen loop and other bugs.
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dudis September 27, 2024 at 05:47 PM
mate camon a17pro = a18
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Martin September 27, 2024 at 07:54 PM
Hi, i see very minimal difference. Main is core speed =200MHz more on each of 4 cores which more shows that it is a same chip, only takt is higher. Intel did the same. When they were making chips and it didnโ€™t pass the quality and speed test, they disabled some cores and put them into the lower segment. When the chip quality was good to withstand the speed tweak, they just printed the logo from higher family series. Thus they were exactly same CPUs but slightly different quality pass parameters. And 3% in score difference is not significant. Also it is evident that manfucaturers cannot jump high now so they have to present even minimal differences as a significant progressโ€ฆ which is kinda sad.
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Ahnaf Nafi September 29, 2024 at 03:05 PM
dudis, No brother. Research a little bit more...A18 is moreeee powerful than A17 pro...๐Ÿ”ฅ
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Phak October 1, 2024 at 12:33 PM
Martin, Die shots show the A18 and A17 Pro are not the same. The A18 is smaller as it has smaller cache sizes compared to the A18 Pro and also a GPU core is not just disabled but completely removed. Regardless, the A18 is still better than the A17 Pro.
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User September 20, 2024 at 09:12 PM
We got recently benchmark scores of both chips, the Geekbench numbers do seem on-par to the ones here. Im a little surprised that the regular A18's score is closer to the pro, a part of me was kinda expecting it to be more similar to the A17 Pro.
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Akbar September 11, 2024 at 05:55 AM
I don't think these scores are correct, because the A18 scores are nearly identical to the A16 Bionic and not more than the A17 Pro. They both should be closer.
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Marorun September 11, 2024 at 05:29 PM
Well they basically just updated the NPU from the A17 pro and made it as the A18... basically a partial rebranding.
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Apple sucks September 14, 2024 at 08:41 AM
Marorun, The A18 has the CPU of the A17 Pro with a newer set of instructions and the GPU of the A16, so the A18 is a rebranding of the A17 and A16.
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wrong September 18, 2024 at 02:36 PM
Apple sucks, The GPU is much faster than the A16???? Like what
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Apple sucks September 19, 2024 at 03:17 PM
wrong, Did you make a comparison on this site between the GPU of the A16 and the A18?
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akp831 October 1, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Apple sucks, that is wrong, A18 has speed of 4.04 GHz while A17 Pro has speed of 3.78 GHz
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Sechear October 1, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Apple sucks, It's not a rebranding, the upgrade from A17 Pro to A18 and A17 Pro is quite good. Even the A18 which has 5-core GPU is better than the 6-core GPU of the A17 Pro.
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Apple sucks October 3, 2024 at 09:36 AM
akp831, The fact that the cores are at a higher frequency doesn't make it a different CPU.
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