Apple M2 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple M2 (iPad) with Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. 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 888 Plus

830154

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

2620

Snapdragon 888 Plus

1165

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

M2 (iPad)

9793

Snapdragon 888 Plus

3612

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	4x 2.42 GHz – Apple Blizzard	1x 3.00 GHz – Cortex-X1 (Kryo 680 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo 680 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 680 Silver)
Number of cores	4	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	5 nm
Number of transistors	20000 million	10300 million
TDP	20 Watt	8 Watt
Neural Processing	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm Hexagon 780

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 24 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple M2 GPU	Adreno 660
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	8	2
Shaders	1024	512
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 2x 64MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.2
Satellite navigation	GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS