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Apple M1 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1
Rank 2 - 59 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1
Rank 2 - 44 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1
Apple M1 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
2,369
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
1,251
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1
Apple M1 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8,576
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,436
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M1
Apple M1 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
1,742
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
1,123
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M1
Apple M1 100 %
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
7,650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
3,524
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M1
Apple M1 100 %
Apple M1 (8 Core)
2,610
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Qualcomm Adreno 660 AV1
1,720
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M1
Apple M1 34 %
8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
32.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
FamilyApple M series (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple M1 (9)Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2)
ArchitectureM1Kryo 680
Technology5 nm5 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorApple M2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
1x Kryo 680 Prime
3.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
3x Kryo 680 Gold
1.80 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
0 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB4.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
GPU nameApple M1 (8 Core)Qualcomm Adreno 660 AV1
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.30 GHz0.84 GHz
CUs / Shader128 / 1024 /
Raytracing
Max. displays20
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology5 nm5 nm
Release dateQ4/2020Q1/2021

NPU AI performance

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineQualcomm AI engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPSHexagon 780 @ 32 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels24
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
TDP18 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up20 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple M1Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/2020Q3/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple M1
Apple M1
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

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