Apple M1 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Frequency
3200 MHz
2840 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
512 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
7 nm
Transistor count
16
6.7
TDP
14 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
-
0
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Adreno 640
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
585 MHz
Execution units
8
2
Shading units
128
384
Vulkan version
-
1.1
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
34.13 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 690
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 20
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
592,031
Geekbench 6
2,304
939
Geekbench 6
8,422
2,855
FP32 (float)
2,617
898