Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Apple M2 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2, vs Apple M2 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and Apple M2 (iPad)
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1124140
Apple M2 (iPad)
2188966
CPU349844547920
GPU338796915149
Memory195051363648
UX240449362249
NanoReview Score11241402188966
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
7530
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Stability84 %74 %
Graphics Test45 fps118 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1697
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4404
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
File Compression176.4 MB/s375.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser115.8 pages/s220.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering157.2 MP/sec249.8 MP/sec
Background Blur16.2 frames/s41.1 frames/s
Photo Processing41.8 frames/s99.3 frames/s
Image Detection114 frames/s226.5 frames/s
HDR134.1 MP/sec325.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.67 MP/sec10.7 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 77 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 38 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 81 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 116 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 53 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F5 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2910 3490
Instruction set n/a ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 1024 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 10.2 billion 20 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 725 Apple M2 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 580 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 2 8
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1024 1024
FLOPS 1187.8 GFLOPS 2918 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Yes Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 15.8 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 102.4 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 UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4400 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr June, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7475-AB APL1109

Results

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

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