Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus vs Apple M2 iPad

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and Apple M2 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 3500 MHz (2995 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 (June 2021 vs June 2022)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
June 2021
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8350-AC
Model Name
APL1109
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
8
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
5 nm
2995 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 660
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
905 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.8534 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
512
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. 22
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.2
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 780
Neural processor (NPU)
-
1 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS
Video playback
-
8 W
TDP
15 W
ARMv8.4-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
M2 iPad
2633 +114%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
M2 iPad
9898 +162%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1890
M2 iPad
2860 +51%