Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
                                                    Below are the results of a comparison of
                            Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
                            and
                            Apple M2 iPad
                            mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
                                            
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                    
                Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs June 2022)
- Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
Basic
                                        Qualcomm
                                    
                                    
                                        Label Name
                                    
                                    
                                        Apple
                                    
                                
                                        March 2024
                                    
                                    
                                        Launch Date
                                    
                                    
                                        June 2022
                                    
                                
                                        SmartPhone Flagship
                                    
                                    
                                        Platform
                                    
                                    
                                        SmartPhone Flagship
                                    
                                
                                TSMC
                            
                            Manufacturing
                                                            
                                TSMC
                            
                        
                                SM8650-AB
                            
                            Model Name
                                                            
                                APL1109
                            
                        
                                1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
                            
                            Architecture
                                                            
                                4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
                            
                        
                                8
                            
                            Cores
                                                            
                                8
                            
                        
                                4 nm
                            
                            Technology
                                                            
                                5 nm
                            
                        
                                3000 MHz
                            
                            Frequency
                                                            
                                3500 MHz
                            
                        GPU Specifications
                                Adreno 735
                            
                            GPU name
                                                            
                                Apple M2 GPU
                            
                        
                                750 MHz
                            
                            GPU frequency
                                                            
                                1398 MHz
                            
                        
                                3.7308 TFLOPS
                            
                            FLOPS
                                                            
                                2.918 TFLOPS
                            
                        
                                786
                            
                            Shading units
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                2
                            
                            Execution units
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                2.0
                            
                            OpenCL version
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                1.3
                            
                            Vulkan version
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                3840 x 2160
                            
                            Max display resolution
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                12.1
                            
                            DirectX version
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        Connectivity
                                LTE Cat. 24
                            
                            4G support
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                Yes
                            
                            5G support
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                5.4
                            
                            Bluetooth
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                7
                            
                            Wi-Fi
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
                            
                            Navigation
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        Memory Specifications
                                LPDDR5X
                            
                            Memory type
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                4200 MHz
                            
                            Memory frequency
                                                            
                                3200 MHz
                            
                        
                                4x 16 Bit
                            
                            Memory Bus
                                                            
                                4x 16 Bit
                            
                        Miscellaneous
                                Hexagon
                            
                            Neural processor (NPU)
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                -
                            
                            L2 Cache
                                                            
                                16 MB
                            
                        
                                8  MB
                            
                            L3 cache
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
                            
                            Audio codecs
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                1x 200MP
                            
                            Max camera resolution
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                UFS 4.0
                            
                            Storage type
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
                            
                            Video capture
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
                            
                            Video codecs
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
                            
                            Video playback
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        
                                6 W
                            
                            TDP
                                                            
                                15 W
                            
                        
                                ARMv9-A
                            
                            Instruction set
                                                            
                                -
                            
                        Benchmarks
                                            Geekbench 6 Single Core
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                1638
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                M2 iPad
                                            
                                            
                                                2633
                                                
                                                                                                            +61%
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                            Geekbench 6 Multi Core
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                3991
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                M2 iPad
                                            
                                            
                                                9898
                                                
                                                                                                            +148%
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                            AnTuTu 10
                                        
                                        
                                                Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
                                            
                                            
                                                1846775
                                                
                                                
                                                                                                    
                                            
                                            
                                                M2 iPad
                                            
                                            
                                                2210856
                                                
                                                                                                            +20%
                                                                                                    
                                            
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