Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
Apple M2 iPad
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
and
Apple M2 iPad
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3800 MHz vs 3500 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (November 2025 vs June 2022)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
November 2025
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8845
Model Name
APL1109
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
3800 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
-
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.4
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
6.0
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
15 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
+6%
M2 iPad
2633
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+2%
M2 iPad
9898
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
3057215
+21%
M2 iPad
2536320
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Honor MagicPad4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9649
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
8753
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
880
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
563
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
788
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
522
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9672
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
8509
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2076
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
2621
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1968
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
2489
3DMark Wild Life
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
20660
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
19845
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Honor MagicPad4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
5565
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
6808
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
21253
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
25468
Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
5509
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2022)
Apple M2 iPad
6867
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