Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Apple M2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7/8 Gen 1
• Family
  Apple M series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  2 1
• Predecessor
  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
  4x Avalanche 1x
• A-Core Frequency
  3.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
• B-Core
  4x Blizzard 2x
• B-Core Frequency
  2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• C-Core
  - 3x
• C-Core Frequency
  - 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.

• Execution units
  128 -
• Generation
  2 -
• GPU Frequency
  1400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) no iGPU
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  24 GB -
• Release date
  Q2/2022 -
• Shader
  1024 -
• Technology
  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 No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Apple M2 (8-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 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 Apple M2 (8-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  M2 Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation -
• L2-Cache
  20 MB 2 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
• Part Number
  - SM8475
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None