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Apple M2 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Apple M2 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M2 iPad and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple M2 iPad
Apple M2 iPad
Apple M2 iPad
  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3500 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (June 2022 vs November 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
June 2022
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1109
Model Name
SM8550-AB
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
4 nm
3500 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M2 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 740
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
2.918 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
1280
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
-
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
15 W
TDP
6.3 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M2 iPad
2633 +32%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M2 iPad
9898 +86%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
Geekbench 5 Single Core
M2 iPad
1854 +251%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
M2 iPad
8464 +381%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761
FP32 (float)
M2 iPad
2860
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411 +19%
AnTuTu 10
M2 iPad
2210856 +43%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709