Apple A18

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.

Apple A18 Series
ProducedSeptember 9, 2024 (2024-09-09)
Max. CPU clock rateto 4.04 GHz
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

Timeline of Apple silicon

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

References

  1. Petrov, Daniel. Apple A18 Pro: Everything to know about the iPhone 16 Pro’s chipset (in en-US). PhoneArena (2024-09-09). Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  2. Ro. Apple introduces its new A18 and A18 Pro chipsets, powering the latest iPhone 16 Series (in en). GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  3. Lardinois, Frederic. Apple announces its new A18 and A18 Pro iPhone chips (in en-US). TechCrunch (2024-09-09). 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.