Apple M1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 662. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple M1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 662/665
• Family
  Apple M series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  1 7
• 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 Firestorm 4x Kryo 260 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm 4x Kryo 260 Silver
• Base Frequency
  3.2 GHz 1.8 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)
  No turbo 2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  No turbo 1.8 GHz

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
  128 0
• Generation
  1 6
• GPU Frequency
  3200 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M1 (8 Core) Qualcomm Adreno 610
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q2/2019
• Shader
  0 128
• Technology
  5 nm 11 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 and Apple M1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR3-933LPDDR4X-1866
• PCIe version
  4.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 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)
  15 W -
• TDP down
  10 W -
• TDP up
  20 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 662, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M1 Kryo 260
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation -
• L2-Cache
  16 MB -
• Part Number
  - SM6115
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2020
• Technology
  5 nm 11 nm
• Virtualization
  None None