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Apple M3 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Rank 2 - 24 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Rank 2 - 15 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,150
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
524
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,450
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
1,559
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
3,550
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Adreno 618
358
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
5.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Apple M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
FamilyApple M series (38)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple M3 (6)Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c (2)
ArchitectureM3Kryo 468
Technology3 nm8 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple M2
SuccessorApple M4Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Gen 2

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
2x Kryo 468 Gold
2.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
6x Kryo 468 Silver
2.40 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
GPU nameApple M3 (10 Core)Qualcomm Adreno 618
GPU frequency0.39 - 1.40 GHz0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader160 / 1280 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory24 GB4 GB
Technology3 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2023Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

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Apple M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineQualcomm AI engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPSHexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple M3Qualcomm 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 M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
TDP22 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple M3Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ4/20232020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple M3
Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

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