Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 vs Apple M1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Apple M1
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple M series
• Generation
  3 1
• 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
  4x Kryo 495 Gold 4x Firestorm
• B-Core
  4x Kryo 495 Silver 4x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.84 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.84 GHz No turbo

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
  12.0 -
• Execution units
  0 128
• Generation
  6 1
• GPU Frequency
  250 MHz 3200 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 690 Apple M1 (8 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  590 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  0 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q4/2020
• Shader
  0 0
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm

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

• AV1
  No Decode
• 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 Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 16 GB
• Memory channels
  8 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-2133 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Apple M1 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  7 W 15 W
• TDP down
  - 10 W
• TDP up
  - 20 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen. 2 and Apple M1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo 495 M1
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  - 16 MB
• L3-Cache
  2 MB -
• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q4/2020
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None