Apple M1 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 430
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
3200 MHz
1400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
0
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Process
5 nm
28 nm
Transistor count
16
1
TDP
14 W
6 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Adreno 505
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
450 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
128
48
Vulkan version
—
1.0
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
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AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
—
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 536
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1920 x 1200
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
—
1x 21MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 4
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 75 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Sep 2015
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1102
MSM8937
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
135,324
Geekbench 6
2,304
206
Geekbench 6
8,422
832
FP32 (float)
2,617
43
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.