Apple A18 (16e) vs Apple A14 Bionic Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 4-Core A18	iGPU 4-Core A14
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A18 (16e)3,336

x1.61

A14 Bionic2,071

x1

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
6 Threads 2P 4E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.04GHz	Base Clock 3GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 12MB	SLC Cache 16MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 6GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power 12W	Peak Power -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x3 5.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A18	iGPU 4-Core A14
Shaders 512	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.28GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model H13 Styx
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 2.17GHz	NPU Clock 1.43GHz
Performance 35 TOPSINT8	Performance 11 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 10ARMv8.5-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Tupai A18Variant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename Sicily A14Variant FirestormP-Core IcestormE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 9, 2024	Release Date Oct 23, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N5
Die Size 90mm²	Die Size 88mm²
Transistor Count 15.5 Billion	Transistor Count 11.8 Billion
Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 134 MTr/mm²

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Smartphones iPhone 16e

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