Comparing Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c

description_compare Apple M1 (7-GPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c

• Name
  Apple M1 (7-GPU) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Family
  Apple M series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• CPU group
  Apple M1 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8c
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 1

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 8 8 / 8
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Firestorm 4x Kryo 490 Gold
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm 4x Kryo 490 Silver
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  3.20 GHz 2.45 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  2.06 GHz 1.80 GHz

• GPU name
  Apple M1 (7 Core) Qualcomm Adreno 675
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  112 7
• Shader
  896 672
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  1 5
• Direct X
  -- 12.0
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q4/2018

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4 (Quad Channel)
• Bandwidth
  68.2 GB/s --
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  4.0
• AES-NI
  Yes No

• TDP (PL1 / PBP)
  15 W 7 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 Kryo 490
• Operating systems
  macOS Android, Windows 10 (ARM)
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q4/2019
• Part Number
  APL 1102 --