Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Qualcomm Snapdragon 7/8 Gen 1
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 1
• Predecessor
  Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU) --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  24 / 24 6 / 6
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  16x Avalanche 1x
• B-Core
  8x Blizzard 2x
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.50 GHz 3.20 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.60 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.

• GPU name
  Apple M2 Ultra (60 Core) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  1.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo
• Execution units
  960
• Shader
  7680
• Max. GPU Memory
  192 GB --
• Max. displays
  2
• Generation
  2
• Technology
  5 nm
• Release date
  Q2/2023

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 and Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-6400 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  192 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  8 (Octa Channel) 4
• Bandwidth
  819.1 GB/s --
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0 x 64
• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU) and Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  -- N/A
• L2-Cache
  72.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
• Operating systems
  macOS, iPadOS Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv9-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q2/2023 Q2/2022
• Part Number
  -- SM8475