Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 vs Apple M5 (iPad)
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
8x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 4.6 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz –
Frequency
1400 MHz
4600 MHz
Cores
8
10
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
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TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L1 cache
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320 KB
L2 cache
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16 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 505
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GPU frequency
450 MHz
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Execution units
1
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Shading units
48
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Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
800 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
1x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
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153 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1920 x 1200
2752 x 2064
Max camera resolution
1x 21MP
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Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 4
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
5
7
Bluetooth
4.1
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Oct 2025
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MSM8937
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AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
135,324
3,155,649
Geekbench 6
206
4,175
Geekbench 6
832
15,577
FP32 (float)
43
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.