Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Apple M1 iPad
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
Frequency
2150 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
64 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
2
16
TDP
11 W
14 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Apple M1 GPU
GPU frequency
624 MHz
1278 MHz
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
11
-
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
68.25 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
-
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
AI
NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
11 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
260,148
1,709,057
Geekbench 6
323
2,304
Geekbench 6
827
8,422
FP32 (float)
319
2,617