Apple M2 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Apple M2 iPad Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

We compared the tablet version of 8 cores 3490MHz Apple M2 iPad vs. the phone version 8 cores 3300MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple M2 iPadAdvantages

Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 77GB/s)

Higher Frequency (3490MHz vs 3300MHz)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Advantages

Better graphics card performance FLOPS (4.7308 TFLOPS vs 2.918 TFLOPS )

More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 5nm)

Published 1 years 4 months later

Score

Benchmark

FP32 (float)

Apple M2 iPad

2918

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +62%

4730

Apple M2 iPad

VS

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

CPU

4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard

Architecture

1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.26 GHz – Cortex-A520

3490 MHz

Frequency

3300 MHz

8

Cores

8

16 MB

L2 cache

-

L3 cache

0

5 nm

Process

4 nm

20

Transistor count

-

15 W

TDP

-

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Apple M2 GPU

GPU name

Adreno 750

1398 MHz

GPU frequency

903 MHz

8

Execution units

2

128

Shading units

1536

24

Max size

24

2.918 TFLOPS

FLOPS

4.7308 TFLOPS

-

Vulkan version

1.3

-

OpenCL version

2.0

-

DirectX version

12.1

Memory

LPDDR5

Memory type

LPDDR5X

6400 MHz

Memory frequency

4800 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

102.4 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

77 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Hexagon

15.8 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

-

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Hexagon

NVMe

Storage type

UFS 4.0

2732 x 2048

Max display resolution

3840 x 2160

-

Max camera resolution

1x 200MP

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

Snapdragon X75

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7500 Mbps

Download speed

Up to 10000 Mbps

Up to 3000 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 3500 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

7

5.0

Bluetooth

5.4

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Jun 2022

Announced

Oct 2023

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1109

Model number

SM8650-AB

-

Official page

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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