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Apple A18
The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus chip - and, via the 16e, Apple's new floor. Two cores short of the Pro's GPU but the same blistering CPU, which is exactly why base iPhones stopped feeling second-class.
Pros
- Pro-level CPU cores in the base iPhone
- Apple Intelligence-capable NPU
- Excellent efficiency on N3E
Cons
- 5-core GPU trails the Pro variant
- No hardware ray-tracing tier of the Pro
- Locked to Apple's pace
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A18
General
- Announced
- 2024
- Process
- 3 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 7 W
- Architecture
- Armv9
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x4.04 GHz performance + 4x2.2 GHz efficiency
- Max clock
- 4.04 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (5-core)
AI
- NPU
- Neural Engine (16-core)
- AI performance
- 35 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR5X-6400
- Max bandwidth
- 60 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X70 5G (external)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
Media
- Max display
- Super Retina XDR
- Video capture
- 4K@120fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 3,377Top 5%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 8,362Top 9%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 4,255Top 15%
Devices with the Apple A18
3 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple A18 good in 2026?
The Apple A18 earns an Inno Score of 67.3/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus chip - and, via the 16e, Apple's new floor. Two cores short of the Pro's GPU but the same blistering CPU, which is exactly why base iPhones stopped feeling second-class.
Which devices use the Apple A18?
3 devices in our catalog use the Apple A18: iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16, iPhone 16e.
What are the key specs of the Apple A18?
Cores: 6 · Process: 3 nm · GPU: Apple GPU (5-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A18?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Samsung Exynos 2500, Apple A18 Pro, Google Tensor G6 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
