Apple A17 Pro vs Apple A18
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched A17 Pro and Apple A18 SoCs, developed by Apple and Apple respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 6-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and
Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan
Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the
Chip
Key Differences
Pros of A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 4.55 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Apple A18 (1632 K vs 1561 K).
- A17 Pro supports Infinity % higher memory bandwidth than Apple A18 ( 51.2 vs MHz).
Pros of Apple A18
- Apple A18 has 6.88 % higher CPU clock speed than A17 Pro ( 4040 vs 3780 MHz).
- Apple A18 has 134.38 % higher memory frequency than A17 Pro ( 7500 vs 3200 MHz).
- Apple A18 has latest instruction set, hence better than A17 Pro .
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 399992 | 421143 |
| GPU | 620081 | 615010 |
| Memory | 265579 | 178670 |
| UX | 346005 | 345874 |
| Total score | 1631657 | 1560697 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 79% | - |
| Graphics test | 60 FPS | - |
| Score | 10002 | - |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A17 Pro and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2 GHz – |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2020MHz | 2000MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3780MHz | 4040MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | - |
| L3 cache | - | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 19 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A17 GPU | Apple A18 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1398 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | - |
| Shading units | 128 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 2147.2 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | - |
| OpenCL version | - | - |
| DirectX version | - | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 7500 MHz |
| Bus | - | - |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | - | - |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Snapdragon X75 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed 5G | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Download speed 4G | - | - |
| Upload speed 5G | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | - | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2023 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1V02 | - |
| Official page | A17 Pro official site | Apple A18 official site |