Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A18 Pro: Benchmark showdown

Rahul S Best of 2024 - Nominee

2024-11-14 9:26

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Let’s look at the spec sheet first for a quick overview:

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Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A18 Pro: Geekbench score

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Geekbench runs a device through a series of tests to measure its CPU capabilities. The benchmarking platform outputs single-core and multi-core performance results.


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Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A18 Pro: AnTuTu score

AnTuTu is popular benchmarking tool for measuring CPU, GPU, UX, and memory of a devices. The total score represents the overall strength. One thing to note here is that the AnTuTu for Android runs on Vulkan API, while the AnTuTu for iOS runs on Metal API.


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Both scores cannot be directly compared as both run on different API

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Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A18 Pro: 3DMark score

3DMark is a popular platform for GPU testing. It has a variety of benchmarking tools for testing various gaming capabilities devices.


3DMark WildLife Extreme Stress Test


The powerful Adreno 830 GPU inside the Snapdragon 8 Elite did an excellent job in 3DMark tests compared to the 6-core GPU inside the A18 Pro. In the WildLife Extreme Stress Test, the Snapdragon chip resulted in 82.4% stability, while the A18 Pro was only 68.1%. The temperatures are almost similar, though


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3DMark Solar Bay

The Snapdragon 8 Elite also dominates the Solar Bay charts. It achieved 40.68 FPS (average), while the A18 Pro got 30.6 FPS (average). The former chip has a higher overall score and became less hot than the A18 Pro (it also depends on the cooling solution integrated into a device).


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Snapdragon 8 Elite vs Apple A18 Pro: Key differences


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Snapdragon 8 Elite is Qualcomm’s first chipset to feature custom Oryon CPU cores, and the results are impressive so far. It’s an octa-core chip, which includes two large cores clocked at 4.32GHz and six mid-cores at 3.53GHz.


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Apple A18 Pro, on the other hand, has a six-core CPU: two large cores clocked at 4.04GHz and four efficiency cores at 2.2GHz.



In raw power 8 Elite seems to dominate but with more heat and more energy consumption 


A18 pro seems to dominate in energy efficiency, thermals and optimization 


The choice is yours to pick


That's all for this comparison 

Signing off

Rahul


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