Apple M2 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M2 (iPad) with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

M2 (iPad)

Snapdragon 845

401054

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

2620

Snapdragon 845

502

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

9793

Snapdragon 845

2163

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Blizzard	4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A75 (Kryo 385 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 385 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	20000 million
TDP	20 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 685

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M2 GPU	Adreno 630
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	700 MHz
Execution units	8	4
Shaders	1024	256
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		1.1
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	1.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS