Apple M1 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M1 (iPad)
1795997
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1411268
CPU479517368941
GPU777678485676
Memory194372314911
UX334430241740
NanoReview Score17959971411268
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
10829
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test102 fps64 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1913
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5098
File Compression326.3 MB/s212.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser176 pages/s154 pages/s
PDF Rendering224.2 MP/sec181.3 MP/sec
Background Blur31.9 frames/s16.7 frames/s
Photo Processing70 frames/s45.7 frames/s
Image Detection192 frames/s117.4 frames/s
HDR283 MP/sec156.1 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.65 MP/sec5.53 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
- 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 2800
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 16 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 14 W 5.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M1 GPU Adreno 732
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 950 MHz
Execution Units 8 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1024 768
FLOPS 2617 GFLOPS 1459.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 68.25 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2560x1600 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X63 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2020 yr March, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1102 SM7675-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M1 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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