Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo2x 1.593 GHz – Kryo
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
2150 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
64 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
14 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
2
20
TDP
11 W
15 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
624 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
—
OpenCL version
2.0
—
DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
6400 MHz
Bus
2x 32 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
102.4 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
Yes
Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Nov 2015
Jun 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996
APL1109
AI
NPU
—
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
—
15.8 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
260,148
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
323
2,623
Geekbench 6
827
9,803
FP32 (float)
319
2,918
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.