Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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)
- Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 102.4 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: June 2022 (December 2021 vs June 2022)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2021
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
APL1109
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
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 730
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
818 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
768
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
-
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
1 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
5.3 W
TDP
15 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
M2 iPad
2633
+58%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
M2 iPad
9898
+146%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623
M2 iPad
1854
+198%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142
M2 iPad
8464
+295%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
M2 iPad
2860
+16%
