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)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
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
67 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
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%
