Apple M1 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Frequency
3200 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
16
-
TDP
14 W
6.3 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Adreno 740
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
680 MHz
Execution units
8
2
Shading units
128
1280
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
64 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Nov 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
SM8550-AB
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
1,534,534
Geekbench 6
2,304
2,004
Geekbench 6
8,422
5,344
FP32 (float)
2,617
3,481