Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple M2 (iPad)
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Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Apple M2 (iPad). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 315665 | 547920 |
| GPU | 426818 | 915149 |
| Memory | 192834 | 363648 |
| UX | 234257 | 362249 |
| NanoReview Score | 1169574 | 2188966 |
| Stability | n/a | 74 % |
| Graphics Test | 40 fps | 118 fps |
| File Compression | 154.9 MB/s | 375.1 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 112.7 pages/s | 220.6 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 147.2 MP/sec | 249.8 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 13.8 frames/s | 41.1 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 36.3 frames/s | 99.3 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 94 frames/s | 226.5 frames/s |
| HDR | 122 MP/sec | 325.7 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 4.39 MP/sec | 10.7 MP/sec |
Games
 PUBG Mobile |
88 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
 Call of Duty: Mobile |
60 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
 Fortnite |
42 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
 Shadowgun Legends |
89 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
 World of Tanks Blitz |
114 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
40 FPS (Ultra) | n/a |
| Device | Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) | n/a |
Processor
| Architecture | - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 - 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 - 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
- 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche - 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard |
| Process | Samsung | TSMC |
| Cores count | 8 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3000 | 3490 |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | n/a | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 Cache | 6 MB | n/a |
| Process tech. | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistor count | n/a | 20 billion |
| Power (TDP) | 5.3 W | 20 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Adreno 730 | Apple M2 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple GPU |
| GPU Frequency | 818 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution Units | 2 | 8 |
| Shader Units | 512 | 128 |
| Total shader | 1024 | 1024 |
| FLOPS | 1675.3 GFLOPS | 2918 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | n/a |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | n/a |
| DirectX | 12.1 | n/a |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
| GPU Frequency | n/a | 15.8 TOPS |
Memory
| 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 | 24 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max. resolution | 3840x2160 pixels | 2732x2048 pixels |
| Camera | 1x200 pixels | n/a |
| Video recording | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 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 X65 | n/a |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 MB/s | Up to 7500 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 MB/s | Up to 3000 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - SBAS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Galileo - QZSS |
Other
| Announced | December, 2021 yr | June, 2022 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | SM8450 | APL1109 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
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