Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 vs Apple M5 (iPad)

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
2960 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
512 KB
320 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 640
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GPU frequency
675 MHz
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Execution units
2
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Shading units
384
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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
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.13 Gbit/s
153 Gb/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
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Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
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Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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. 20
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 1240 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Apr 2019
Oct 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150-AC
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Official page
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AI

NPU
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Apple Neural Engine

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
636,716
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
996
4,175
Geekbench 6
2,569
15,577
FP32 (float)
1,036
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