Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Apple M2 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 2.45 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 280 (Cortex-A53)
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Frequency
2450 MHz
3490 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
128 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
10 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
3
20
TDP
9 W
15 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 540
Apple M2 GPU
GPU frequency
739 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
1
8
Shading units
384
128
Vulkan version
1.0
—
OpenCL version
2.0
—
DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
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 682
Yes
Storage type
UFS 2.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
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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, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 16
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Nov 2016
Jun 2022
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8998
APL1109
AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
—
15.8 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
339,384
2,188,966
Geekbench 6
415
2,623
Geekbench 6
1,519
9,803
FP32 (float)
567
2,918
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.