Apple M1 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Frequency
3200 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
0
—
Process
5 nm
6 nm
Transistor count
16
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TDP
14 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
Adreno 610
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1110 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
128
128
Vulkan version
—
1.1
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
12.1
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2133 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
68.25 Gbit/s
17 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
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Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 686
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
—
1x 64MP, 2x 16MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 13
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
5.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Nov 2020
Oct 2021
Class
Flagship
Low end
Model number
APL1102
SM6225
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,709,057
310,059
Geekbench 6
2,304
414
Geekbench 6
8,422
1,447
FP32 (float)
2,617
284
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.