Apple M1 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple M1 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M1 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU479517367514
GPU777678596874
Memory194372300073
UX334430297159
NanoReview Score17959971561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M1 (iPad)
17076
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability73 %n/a
Graphics Test102 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
2304
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M1 (iPad)
8422
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression326.3 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser176 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering224.2 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur31.9 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing70 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection192 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR283 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing9.65 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3200 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 12 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 16 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M1 GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 8 3
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 1024 1536
FLOPS 2617 GFLOPS 2089 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 Hexagon
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 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced November, 2020 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1102 SM8550-AB

Results

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

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