Qualcomm Snapdragon 425 vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 1.4 GHz – Cortex-A53
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
1400 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
4
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
128 KB
256 KB
Process
28 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
1
25
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
L2 cache
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16 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 308
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
500 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
1
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Shading units
24
144
Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
1.2
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR3
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
667 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
5.34 Gbit/s
102.4 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 536
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
1280 x 800
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 16MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
1K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
1080p at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 5
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5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 75 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Feb 2016
Oct 2023
Class
Low end
Flagship
Model number
MSM8917
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AI
NPU
—
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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18 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
136,588
2,143,122
FP32 (float)
24
3,502
Geekbench 6
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3,037
Geekbench 6
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11,776
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.