Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
1800 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
Process
14 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
2
20
TDP
5 W
15 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
192 KB
L2 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 509
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
720 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.3 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
-
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 13
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
5.0
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
220,696
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
295
2,623
Geekbench 6
1,088
9,803
FP32 (float)
184
2,918