Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (3200 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 (May 2022 vs June 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2022
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Model Name
APL1109
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
3200 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
900 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
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)
-
-
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
-
-
TDP
15 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
M2 iPad
2633 +58%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
M2 iPad
9898 +136%