Apple A18 vs Apple A11 Bionic Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.39GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 5-Core A18	iGPU 3-Core A11
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 437.8 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A183,336

x2.98

A11 Bionic1,121

x1

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 2.39GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

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

Memory

Type LPDDR5X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 8GB	Max Memory 3GB
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 3.0 x4 3.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 5-Core A18	iGPU 3-Core A11
Shaders 640	Shaders 192
Boost Clock 1.34GHz	Boost Clock 1.14GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 437.8 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H17 Theia	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 2
NPU Clock 2.17GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 35 TOPSINT8	Performance 600 GOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 7ARMv8.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Tupai A18Variant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core	Codename Skye A11Variant MonsoonP-Core MistralE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 9, 2024	Release Date Sep 22, 2017

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N3E	Fabrication Node 10FF
Die Size 90mm²	Die Size 88mm²
Transistor Count 15.5 Billion	Transistor Count 4.3 Billion
Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 49 MTr/mm²

Images

Used In

Smartphones iPhone 16iPhone 16 Plus

Smartphones iPhone 8iPhone 8 PlusiPhone X

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