Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 vs Apple M2. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple M series
• Generation
  7 2
• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870 Apple M2

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.

• Frequency
  1.80 GHz 3.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.20 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  2.42 GHz No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  1x Kryo 585 Prime 4x Avalanche
• B core
  3x Kryo 585 Gold 4x Blizzard
• C core
  4x Kryo 585 Silver --

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
  Qualcomm Adreno 650 Apple M2 (8 Core)
• GPU frequency
  0.25 GHz 3.50 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.67 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  2 128
• Shader
  512 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  -- 16 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  6 2
• DirectX Version
  12.0
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2019 Q1/2022

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M2 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR5-5500
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  4 2
• PCIe version
  4.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Apple M2 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  10 W 15 W
• TDP up
  -- 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  2.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Kryo 585 M2
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2021 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  SM8250-AC --