Apple M1 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3200 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
8
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
192 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
16
2
TDP
14 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
128
256
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 680
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1102
MSM8996 Pro-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
-
Geekbench 6
2,304
391
Geekbench 6
8,422
797
FP32 (float)
2,617
334