Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 vs Apple M3 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
2200 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.6-A
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
25
TDP
5 W
-
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
-
256 KB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 508
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
1
-
Shading units
128
144
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
-

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.3 Gbit/s
102.4 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 642
-
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 13
-
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
May 2017
Oct 2023
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SDM630
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Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
18 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
171,999
2,143,122
Geekbench 6
182
3,037
Geekbench 6
962
11,776
FP32 (float)
166
3,502