Apple M2 iPad vs MediaTek Helio G81

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
3490 MHz
2000 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
12 nm
Transistor count
20
-
TDP
15 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Mali-G52 MP2
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
950 MHz
Execution units
8
-
Shading units
128
24
Vulkan version
-
1.3
OpenCL version
-
2.0

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
1800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
13.41 Gbit/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Yes
Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 48MP

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
-
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
-
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced
Jun 2022
Aug 2024
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1109
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
262,145
Geekbench 6
2,623
420
Geekbench 6
9,803
1,391
FP32 (float)
2,918
91