Apple A18 (16e) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz	6 Cores(1P+2M+3E) 6 Threads(1P+2M+3E) 2.05GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 67.2GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A18	iGPU Adreno 740
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16

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

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Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2-

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	6 Cores 1P 2M 3E
6 Threads 2P - 4E	6 Threads 1P 2M 3E

Clocks

Base Clock 4.04GHz	Base Clock 2.05GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P - 128KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L1d 128KB P - 64KB E	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 1MB P 512KB M 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 8MB
SLC Cache 12MB	SLC Cache 4MB

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 8400MT/s
Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth 67.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 67.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

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

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x3 5.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A18	iGPU Adreno 740
Shaders 512	Shaders 1536
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 680MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model Hexagon
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 2.17GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 35 TOPSINT8	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Qualcomm
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture KryoARMv9.0-A
Family A Series	Family XR Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Tupai A18Variant AS14PP-Core - AS14EE-Core	Codename - - Cortex-X3P-Core Cortex-A715M-Core Cortex-A510E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smart Glasses
Release Date Sep 9, 2024	Release Date Sep 27, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node N6
Die Size 90mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 15.5 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone 16e

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