Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A734x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53)
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
1800 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
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TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
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320 KB
L2 cache
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16 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 506
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GPU frequency
650 MHz
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Execution units
1
-
Shading units
96
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Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
933 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
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153 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 546
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1900 x 1200
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 40MP, 2x 13MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 7
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 300 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.0
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Jun 2018
Oct 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SDM632
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Official page
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AI

NPU
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Apple Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
179,988
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
296
4,175
Geekbench 6
1,047
15,577
FP32 (float)
124
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