Apple M2 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1580

Compared 2 processors: Apple M2 (iPad), vs Samsung Exynos 1580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M2 (iPad) and Samsung Exynos 1580
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 M2 (iPad)
2188966
Samsung Exynos 1580
906997
CPU547920289519
GPU915149265302
Memory363648156294
UX362249195882
NanoReview Score2188966906997
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Samsung Exynos 1580
n/a
Stability74 %n/a
Graphics Test118 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Samsung Exynos 1580
1360
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
Samsung Exynos 1580
3893
File Compression375.1 MB/s184.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser220.6 pages/s112.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering249.8 MP/sec138.4 MP/sec
Background Blur41.1 frames/s15 frames/s
Photo Processing99.3 frames/s35 frames/s
Image Detection226.5 frames/s68 frames/s
HDR325.7 MP/sec104.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec4.96 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
- 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 3490 2900
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 20 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 20 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M2 GPU Samsung Xclipse 540
Architecture Apple GPU Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 8 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 2918 GFLOPS 1331.2 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 15.8 TOPS 14.7 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2960x1440 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
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 5100 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced June, 2022 yr October, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1109 S5E8855

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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