Product Compare
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs Apple M2 iPad
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz – | 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 3490 MHz |
| Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| Process | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| Transistor count | 20 | |
| TDP | 15 W | |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Adreno 829 | Apple M2 GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1200 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | |
| Execution units | 8 | |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 6400 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 Gb/s | 102.4 Gbit/s |
| AI | ||
| NPU | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| Theoretical Performance | 15.8 TOPS | |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Nov 2025 | Jun 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8845 | APL1109 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 3561559 | 2188966 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 2749 | 2623 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 9860 | 9803 |
| FP32 (float) | 2457 | 2918 |