Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2400 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
4 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
320 KB
L2 cache
-
16 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 710
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GPU frequency
940 MHz
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Apple Neural Engine

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 2.2
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2900 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Sep 2024
Oct 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6475-AB
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Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
570,038
3,155,649
FP32 (float)
481
-
Geekbench 6
-
4,175
Geekbench 6
-
15,577