Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –6x 3.63 GHz –
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
4610 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
8
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
1792 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
24 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
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Process
3 nm
3 nm
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Transistor count
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25
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 840
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1520 MHz
Shading units
512
144
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Memory frequency
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3200 MHz
Max bandwidth
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102.4 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Hexagon
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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18 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution
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2732 x 2048
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Wi-Fi
7
6
Bluetooth
6.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Download speed
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Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
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Up to 3500 Mbps
Info
Announced
Sep 2025
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8850
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Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
3,115,282
2,143,122
Geekbench 6
3,834
3,037
Geekbench 6
12,396
11,776
FP32 (float)
3,686
3,502
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.