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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 vs Apple M2
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
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
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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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Qualcomm Snapdragon SQ1/SQ2 (2) | Apple M2 (8) |
| Architecture | Kryo 495 | M2 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M1 | |
| Successor | Apple M3 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Kryo 495 Gold 3.15 GHz |
4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Kryo 495 Silver 2.42 GHz |
4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Qualcomm Adreno 690 | Apple M2 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 0 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q2/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-2133 (68.3 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 8 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 30 W | |
| TDP down | 10 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M2 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Android, Windows 10 (ARM) | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8.5-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q3/2020 | Q2/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
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Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
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Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
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Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
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Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
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Apple M2
8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz
9
Qualcomm Snapdragon Microsoft SQ2
8C / 8T · 0.00 GHz
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