Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 vs Apple A18
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (Adreno 810) with the newer 6-core Apple A18 (Apple A18 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A18
- Performs 3.5x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 134% higher memory bandwidth (60 against 25.6 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 89%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1972K vs 1041K
- 62% higher CPU clock speed (4050 vs 2500 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~42%)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 405718 | 611649 |
| GPU | 179932 | 589953 |
| Memory | 193010 | 181123 |
| UX | 263239 | 589751 |
| Total score | 1041899 | 1972476 |
| Samples | [140 tests] | [29 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 157.5 MB/sec | 286.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 83.5 pages/sec | 184.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 116.6 Mpixels/sec | 201.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 59.8 images/sec | 297.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 96.1 Mpixels/sec | 279.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 11.7 images/sec | 36.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 26.5 images/sec | 90 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.29 Mpixels/sec | 8.68 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 14 tests | 6 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 8.39 images/sec | 49.2 images/sec |
| Face detection | 4.05 images/sec | 71.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.16 Gpixels/sec | 0.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.2 Gpixels/sec | 1.14 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | 1.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 17.4 Gpixels/sec | 77.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 628.9 FPS | 2811.1 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 12 tests | 4 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 379 | 1579 |
| Stability | - | 75% |
| Graphics test | 3 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 6750 |
| Graphics test | - | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 20 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 13557 | - |
| Video editing score | 7169 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 11111 | - |
| Photo editing score | 21690 | - |
| Writing score | 16942 | - |
| Phones tested | 8 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-18 (Viz) | AnTuTu 12 | 1001986 |
| π 2026-10-18 (kyecg) | AnTuTu 12 | 1017082 |
| π 2026-10-10 (ΠΠ°Π²Π΅Π») | AnTuTu 12 | 1019553 |
| π 2026-10-09 (Crxzy) | AnTuTu 12 | 992985 |
| π 2026-09-16 (Arkelian) | AnTuTu 12 | 1060019 |
Apple A18
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-07-30 (Dddd) | AnTuTu 11 | 1905485 |
| π 2026-07-18 (Aj) | AnTuTu 11 | 1949745 |
| π 2026-07-15 (vovachips) | AnTuTu 11 | 1842572 |
| π 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3531 / 9122 |
| π 2026-07-03 (iTzRageeh) | AnTuTu 11 | 2045650 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 and Apple A18CPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.5 GHz β Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720) 3x 2.4 GHz β Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520) |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 9 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 810 | Apple A18 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1050 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 537.6 Gigaflops | 1907 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 35 TOPS |
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 |
| Max size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1200 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 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 |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | - | 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 | August 2024 | September 2024 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7635 | APL1V08 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 | - Apple A19 |
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