Global Processors
Apple
Apple A18
6 • 6 • BGA (SoC)
6Core
6Thread
BGA (SoC)Socket
6 • 6 • BGA (SoC)
A summary of Apple's official product description.
Announced on September 9, 2024 alongside the iPhone 16, the A18 is built on TSMC's second-generation 3nm N3E process with a six-core CPU, a five-core GPU with hardware ray tracing and a 16-core Neural Engine. Apple cites a 40% faster GPU than the A16 at 35% lower power, and CPU cores that are faster while using 30% less power.
Manufacturer's official core and architecture information.
6-core — Total Cores · 6 Thread — Concurrent Threads · 2 Performance — High-performance core · 4 Efficiency — Low-power core · Apple Silicon — Core architecture
Official power values that determine cooling needs.
Device dependent — Cooling solution
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Apple designs the chip in the US; the A18 is fabricated on TSMC's N3E process at its plants in Taiwan. 'Manufacturing' here refers to wafer fabrication — packaging and testing may happen in other countries.
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