Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A18
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (Adreno 825) with the older 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 8s Gen 4
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 28% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 60 GB/s)
- Performs 24% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 17%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2314K vs 1972K
Pros of Apple A18
- 26% higher CPU clock speed (4050 vs 3210 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~30%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 645495 | 611649 |
| GPU | 809405 | 589953 |
| Memory | 372805 | 181123 |
| UX | 486712 | 589751 |
| Total score | 2314417 | 1972476 |
| Samples | [457 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 | 293.4 MB/sec | 286.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 188.6 pages/sec | 184.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 207.8 Mpixels/sec | 201.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 152.7 images/sec | 297.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 216.4 Mpixels/sec | 279.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 23.4 images/sec | 36.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 55.2 images/sec | 90 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 7.25 Mpixels/sec | 8.68 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 50 tests | 6 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 33.5 images/sec | 49.2 images/sec |
| Face detection | 16.8 images/sec | 71.8 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.62 Gpixels/sec | 0.86 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.77 Gpixels/sec | 1.14 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.2 Gpixels/sec | 1.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 70.4 Gpixels/sec | 77.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 2750.3 FPS | 2811.1 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 35 tests | 4 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1688 | 1579 |
| Stability | 83% | 75% |
| Graphics test | 13 FPS | 12 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 7641 | 6750 |
| Graphics test | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 1 | 34 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Section 2 | 29 FPS | 26 FPS |
| Section 3 | 25 FPS | 20 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 3705 | - |
| Graphics test | 22 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 15597 | - |
| Video editing score | 7750 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 13734 | - |
| Photo editing score | 26988 | - |
| Writing score | 17764 | - |
| Phones tested | 8 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-24 (heytempl) | AnTuTu 11 | 2391065 |
| π 2026-09-23 (Val) | AnTuTu 12 | 2658288 |
| π 2026-09-23 (raumatiensinh) | AnTuTu 12 | 2420250 |
| π 2026-09-22 (Xiaomi Redmi turbo 4 pro) | AnTuTu 12 | 2599873 |
| π 2026-09-22 (Deff) | AnTuTu 12 | 2452982 |
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 8s Gen 4 and Apple A18CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.21 GHz β Cortex-X4 3x 3 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A720 2x 2.02 GHz β Cortex-A720 |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3210 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 9 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 825 | Apple A18 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1150 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 5 |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 2355.2 Gigaflops | 1907 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 X75 | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 4200 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | April 2025 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8735 | APL1V08 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 |
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