Apple M2 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Frequency
3490 MHz
2000 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
14 nm
Transistor count
20
2
TDP
15 W
5 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Adreno 506
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
650 MHz
Execution units
8
1
Shading units
128
96
Vulkan version
—
1.0
OpenCL version
—
2.0
DirectX version
—
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR3
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
933 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
1x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
7.46 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon 546
Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Hexagon 546
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
1900 x 1200
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
—
1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 7
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.0
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Info
Announced
Jun 2022
Feb 2016
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
APL1109
MSM8953
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
156,131
Geekbench 6
2,623
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Geekbench 6
9,803
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FP32 (float)
2,918
124
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.