Apple A18

Apple A18 Series
ProducedSeptember 9, 2024 (2024-09-09)
Max. CPU clock rateto 4.04 GHz
Number of cores6 cores (2 performance @4.04 GHz + 4 efficiency @2.42 GHz)
L2 cacheA18: 8 MB (performance cores)
A18 Pro: 16 MB (performance cores)
4 MB (efficiency cores)
ApplicationMobile
PredecessorApple A17 Pro (iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max)
Apple A16 Bionic (iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus)
Apple A15 Bionic (iPhone SE (3rd generation))
Co-processorNPU: 35 TOPS

The Apple A18 and Apple A18 Pro are a microprocessor made by Apple.[1] They were manufactured by TSMC. They were announced on 9 September 2024.[2][3] They were first used by iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max. It also used by iPhone 16e.

Timeline of Apple silicon

Sources: Apple press release library,[4] Mactracker Apple Inc. model database[5]

References

  1. Petrov, Daniel (2024-09-09). "Apple A18 Pro: Everything to know about the iPhone 16 Pro's chipset". PhoneArena. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  2. Ro. "Apple introduces its new A18 and A18 Pro chipsets, powering the latest iPhone 16 Series". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  3. Lardinois, Frederic (2024-09-09). "Apple announces its new A18 and A18 Pro iPhone chips". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  4. Apple Inc., Apple press release library, Retrieved September 19, 2007.
  5. Mactracker (mactracker.ca), Apple Inc. model database, version as of July 26, 2007.