M3 (8C9G-FL) vs Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
            M3 (8C9G-FL)
            
                
            
        
    
            Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
            
                
            
        
    | 8 Cores 8 Threads 4.05GHz Clock | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPU9-Core M3-FL 3.22 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUAdreno 685 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 3,130 77% | GB6S N/A 0% | 
| GB6M 9,510 36% | GB6M N/A 0% | 
| CB23S 1,900 73% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M 8,885 21% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerQualcomm | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 13 | ArchitectureKryo 495 | 
| FamilyM Series | FamilySQ Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename Ibiza - M3 P-Core Everest - - E-Core Sawtooth | Codename - - Microsoft SQ1 P-Core Cortex-A76 - - E-Core Cortex-A55 | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 3/4/2025 | Release Date 10/2/2019 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N3B - - - | Node N7 - - - | 
| Die Size 137 mm² - - - | Die Size Unknown - - - | 
| Transistor Count 25 Billion - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 8 Cores 4 P-Cores - 4 E-Cores | 
| 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 8 Threads 4 P-Threads - 4 E-Threads | 
| P-Core 4.05GHz - - | P-Core 3GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.75GHz - | E-Core 1.8GHz - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | 
| L2 - - 16MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 512KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - - - - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 2MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 8MB SLC Cache | - - - 3MB SLC Cache | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 8 | 
| Max Memory 24GB | Max Memory 16GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 2133MHz Transfer Rate 4266MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 51.2GB/s Bandwidth 102.4GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 8.5GB/s Bandwidth 68.3GB/s | 
| TDP 15W - - - | TDP Unknown - - - | 
| Temp 100°C Max - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| 9-Core M3-FL 1152 Shaders 1398MHz 3.22 TFLOPS FP32 | Adreno 685 1536 Shaders 590MHz 1.81 TFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | Hexagon 690 | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 18 TOPS FP16 | 7 TOPS  | 
| - - | ISP Spectra 390 (192 MP single camera /
22 MP at 30fps dual camera with MFNR/ZSL) | 
| No Cellular | Modem Qualcomm X24 4G | 
| Speed Up to 2000Mbps Download Up to 316Mbps Upload | 
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