Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2300 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
6 nm
3 nm
TDP
4 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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320 KB
L2 cache
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16 MB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 619
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GPU frequency
840 MHz
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Execution units
2
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Shading units
128
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Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
17 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Apple Neural Engine

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
UFS 2.2
NVMe
Max display resolution
2520 x 1080
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 108MP
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Video capture
1K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, 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. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 1500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
5.2
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Jun 2024
Oct 2025
Class
Mid range
Flagship
Model number
SM6375-AC
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Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
500,600
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
940
4,175
Geekbench 6
2,115
15,577
FP32 (float)
430
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