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Apple M2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Last updated: 2026-07-01

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 61 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple M2

Rank 2 - 44 %

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,496

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

4,189

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,874

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,220

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

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,853

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

4,029

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (10 Core)

3,550

Qualcomm Adreno 725

1,782

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Family	Apple M series (38)	Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 2 (1)
Architecture	M2	Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor	Apple M1	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Successor	Apple M3

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	1x Cortex-X2 2.91 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	3x Cortex-A710 2.49 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A510 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
GPU name	Apple M2 (10 Core)	Qualcomm Adreno 725
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.58 GHz
CUs / Shader	160 / 1280	/
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	2	0
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB
Technology	5 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q2/2022	Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Qualcomm AI engine
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	Hexagon
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5-6400 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
TDP	20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	30 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2	Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Android, Windows 10/11 (ARM)
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release date	Q2/2022	Q2/2023
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 is 4.4 stars (743 ratings), while Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 has received 4.2 stars (79 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

★★★★★