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Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Rank 2 - 28 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Rank 2 - 18 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
524
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
8,853
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
1,559
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8 Core)
2,840
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Adreno 618
358
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
5.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
FamilyApple M series (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2)
ArchitectureM2Kryo 468
Technology5 nm8 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple M1
SuccessorApple M3 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
2x Kryo 468 Gold
2.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
6x Kryo 468 Silver
2.40 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
GPU nameApple M2 (8 Core)Qualcomm Adreno 618
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader128 / 1024 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory24 GB4 GB
Technology5 nm14 nm
Release dateQ2/2022Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineQualcomm AI engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPSHexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory24 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
TDP20 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up25 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ2/20222020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2 (8-GPU)
Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

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