Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
1400 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
128 KB
192 KB
Process
28 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
1
20
TDP
5 W
15 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L2 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 308
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
500 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
24
128
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
667 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.34 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1280 x 800
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP
-
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 5
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
AI
NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
15.8 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
136,588
2,188,966
FP32 (float)
24
2,918
Geekbench 6
-
2,623
Geekbench 6
-
9,803