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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s 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 7s Gen 2
609002
Apple M2 (iPad)
2188966
CPU190388547920
GPU117929915149
Memory156593363648
UX143792362249
NanoReview Score6090022188966
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
3018
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Stability98 %74 %
Graphics Test18 fps118 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1012
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
2943
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
File Compression159.9 MB/s375.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser73.3 pages/s220.6 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec249.8 MP/sec
Background Blur9.56 frames/s41.1 frames/s
Photo Processing26.5 frames/s99.3 frames/s
Image Detection56.1 frames/s226.5 frames/s
HDR96.2 MP/sec325.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.33 MP/sec10.7 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 8
Frequency 2400 3490
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache n/a 16 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 20 billion
Power (TDP) 5 W 20 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Apple M2 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 940 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 2 8
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 256 1024
FLOPS 481.3 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 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 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 2.2
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2560x1600 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- 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 2900 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 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr June, 2022 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7435-AB APL1109

Results

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

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