Apple A18 Pro (Neo) vs Samsung Exynos 7872 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 7.5GB/s LPDDR3
iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro	iGPU Mali-G71 MP1 1200MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 57.6 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A18 Pro (Neo)3,409

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Exynos 7872-

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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 2GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i -
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d -
L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 - - -
SLC Cache 24MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR3
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory -
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 32-bit
Speed 7500MT/s	Speed 1866MT/s
Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth 7.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1866MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 7.5GB/s

Power & Thermals

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

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro	iGPU Mali-G71 MP1 1200MHz
Shaders 640	Shaders 12
Boost Clock 1.47GHz	Boost Clock 1.2GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 57.6 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

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

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model Shannon 300/150
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 300Mbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 150Mbps

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Samsung
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture ARMv8.0-A
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename Tahiti A18 ProVariant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename - - Cortex-A73P-Core Cortex-A53E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 4, 2026	Release Date Jan 1, 2018

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 28nm LP
Die Size 110mm²	Die Size -
Transistor Count 18.4 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Laptops MacBook Neo(Early 2026)

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