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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Apple M3

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 44 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 30 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M3
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
1,174
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,151
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
11,863
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
1,088
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
2,150
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,250
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
10,450
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Adreno 660
1,720
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
Apple M3 (10 Core)
3,550
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
26.0 TOPS
Apple M3
Apple M3 100 %
8C / 8T · 0.70 GHz
35.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2)Apple M3 (6)
ArchitectureKryo 680M3
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple M2
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple M4

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 88 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 680 Prime
2.84 GHz
4x Ibiza P-Core
0.70 - 4.06 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 680 Gold
2.42 GHz
4x Ibiza E-Core
0.74 - 2.75 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 660Apple M3 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.39 - 1.40 GHz
CUs / Shader / 160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays02
Max. GPU Memory24 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2023

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsHexagon 780 @ 26 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB24 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
TDP22 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M3
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Apple M3
Apple M3
8C / 8T · 0.70 - 4.06 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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