Apple A18

Apple A18 series
General information
Launched	September 9, 2024
Designed by	Apple Inc.
Common manufacturer	TSMC;
Product code	A18: Tupai; A18 Pro: Tahiti
Physical specifications
Transistors	A18: 15.2 billion ; A18 Pro: 20 billion;
Cores	2 p-cores @ 4.04 GHz + 4 e-cores @ 2.42 GHz;
Memory (RAM)	8 GB (LPDDR5X);
GPUs	A18 4-core: iPhone 16e ; 5-core: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus ; A18 Pro 5-core: MacBook Neo ; 6-core: iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max ;
Co-processor	NPU: 35 TOPS (16 cores)
Cache
L2 cache	A18: 8 MB (p-cores); A18 Pro: 16 MB (p-cores), 4 MB (e-cores);
L3 cache	A18: 12 MB; A18 Pro: 24 MB
Architecture and classification
Application	A18: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Plus, iPhone 16e; A18 Pro: iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16 Pro Max, MacBook Neo;
Technology node	3 nm (TSMC N3E)
Instruction set	ARMv9.2-A
History
Predecessors	Apple A16 Bionic; Apple A17 Pro
Successor	Apple A19

The Apple A18 and Apple A18 Pro are a pair of 64-bit, ARM-based, systems on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. They are used in the iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro, iPhone 16e and MacBook Neo, built on a second generation 3 nm process (N3E) by TSMC. Announced on September 9, 2024, they are the successors to the Apple A16 Bionic (on standard iPhone models with 5-core GPU) and the Apple A17 Pro (on premium iPhone models with 6-core GPU).