Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
2960 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
512 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
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Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
25
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 640
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
675 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
2
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Shading units
384
144
Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12.1
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.13 Gbit/s
102.4 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
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Storage type
UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 20
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1240 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Jul 2019
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150-AC
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AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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18 TOPS
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
1,040
3,037
Geekbench 6
2,865
11,776
FP32 (float)
1,036
3,502
AnTuTu 10
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2,143,122
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.