Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs Apple M3 (iPad)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2, vs Apple M3 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and Apple M3 (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 M3 (iPad)
1814284
CPU349844426842
GPU338796696454
Memory195051304514
UX240449386474
NanoReview Score11241401814284
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
7530
Apple M3 (iPad)
n/a
Stability84 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1697
Apple M3 (iPad)
3037
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4404
Apple M3 (iPad)
11776
File Compression176.4 MB/s459.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser115.8 pages/s266.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering157.2 MP/sec312.1 MP/sec
Background Blur16.2 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Photo Processing41.8 frames/s125.3 frames/s
Image Detection114 frames/s283.3 frames/s
HDR134.1 MP/sec419.3 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.67 MP/sec13.4 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 4.05 GHz –
- 4x 2.75 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2910 4050
Instruction set n/a ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 1024 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Transistor count 10.2 billion 25 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 n/a
Architecture Adreno 700 n/a
GPU Frequency 580 MHz n/a
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 512 n/a
Total shader 1024 n/a
FLOPS 1187.8 GFLOPS n/a
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 18 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 1x48 pixels
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
- AV1
- 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 n/a
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 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr October, 2023 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7475-AB n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M3 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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