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Apple M2 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M2
100 %
Apple M2 (10 Core)
Qualcomm Adreno 640
AI performance (NPU)
Apple M2
100 %
8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple M2 (8) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3) |
| Architecture | M2 | Kryo 485 |
| Technology | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Kryo 485 Prime 2.96 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
3x Kryo 485 Gold 2.42 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Kryo 485 Silver 1.80 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M2 (10 Core) | Qualcomm Adreno 640 |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | 0.25 - 0.68 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | 4 / 384 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 2 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q1/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Qualcomm AI engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | Hexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M2 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q2/2022 | Q1/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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Apple M2
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