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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Apple M5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 28 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 19 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M5
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
1,174
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
9C / 9T · 4.61 GHz
4,133
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
3,151
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
16,472
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Adreno 660
1,720
Apple M5
Apple M5 100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
5,133

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple M5
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2)Apple M5 (6)
ArchitectureKryo 680M5
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple M4
SuccessorQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads8 / 89 / 9
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 1x Kryo 680 Prime
2.84 GHz
3x P-Core
0.91 - 4.61 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 680 Gold
2.42 GHz
6x E-Core
0.90 - 3.05 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 680 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB28.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 660Apple M5 (10 Core)
GPU frequency0.84 GHz0.34 - 1.90 GHz
CUs / Shader / 160 / 1280
Raytracing
Max. displays03
Max. GPU Memory24 GB
Technology5 nm3 nm
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2025

NPU AI performance

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AI hardwareQualcomm AI engineApple Neural Engine
AI specificationsHexagon 780 @ 26 TOPS16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB16 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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TDP17 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down15 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ1/2021Q4/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Apple M5
Apple M5
9C / 9T · 0.91 - 4.61 GHz

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