Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Krait
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2500 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
4
10
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
-
TDP
6 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 330
-
GPU frequency
578 MHz
-
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
128
-
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
1.2
-
DirectX version
11
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
933 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
No
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
2560 x 2048
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
-
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- 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
-
Upload speed
Up to 50 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Feb 2014
Oct 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8974 v3
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Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
126,118
3,155,649
FP32 (float)
148
-
Geekbench 6
-
4,175
Geekbench 6
-
15,577