Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU). Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Apple M1
• Family
  Qualcomm Snapdragon Apple M series
• Generation
  1 1
• Predecessor
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  1x Cortex-X2 6x Firestorm
• B-Core
  3x Cortex-A710 2x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 3.2 GHz
• C-Core
  4x Cortex-A510 -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.5 GHz No turbo

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12.1 -
• Execution units
  - 224
• Generation
  7 1
• GPU Frequency
  840 MHz 1300 MHz
• GPU name
  Qualcomm Adreno 730 Apple M1 Pro (14 Core)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 32 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Shader
  - 1792
• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5-3200 LPDDR5-6400
• PCIe
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 30 W
• TDP up
  - 40 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Kryo M1
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv9-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 24 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Part Number
  SM8450 APL 1103
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2021
• Technology
  4 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None