Apple M2 iPad vs Apple M1 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
Frequency
3490 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache
192 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
0
Process
5 nm
5 nm
Transistor count
20
16
TDP
15 W
14 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
Apple M1 GPU
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1278 MHz
Execution units
8
8
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
6400 MHz
4266 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
68.25 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
15.8 TOPS
11 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
Yes
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2732 x 2048
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3000 Mbps
Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Jun 2022
Nov 2020
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1109
APL1102
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,188,966
1,709,057
Geekbench 6
2,623
2,304
Geekbench 6
9,803
8,422
FP32 (float)
2,918
2,617
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.