Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 vs Apple M2 (8-GPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 7/8 Gen 1 Apple M2
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple M series
• Generation
  1 2
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Apple M1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x Kryo Prime 4x Avalanche
• A-Core Frequency
  3.2 GHz 3.5 GHz
• B-Core
  3x Kryo Gold 4x Blizzard
• B-Core Frequency
  2.75 GHz 2.8 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Kryo Silver -
• C-Core Frequency
  2 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12.1 -
• Execution units
  0 128
• Generation
  7 2
• GPU Frequency
  900 MHz 1400 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 730 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 24 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2022
• Shader
  0 1024
• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 24 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  - 102.4 GB/s
• Memory channels
  4 2 (Dual Channel)
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Apple M2 (8-GPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 22 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 and Apple M2 (8-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510 M2
• Documents
  - Technical data sheet
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 20 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB -
• Operating systems
  Android, Windows 10 (ARM) macOS, iPadOS
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None Apple Virtualization Framework
• Chip design
  - Chiplet