Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs A8 (iPad)
            Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
            
                
            
        
    
            A8 (iPad)
            
                
            
        
    | 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.3GHz Clock | 2 Cores 2 Threads 1.5GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUAdreno 750 2.77 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUPowerVR GX6450 A8 140 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 2,130 52% | GB6S 430 11% | 
| GB6M 6,545 25% | GB6M 660 2% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerQualcomm | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureKryo | ArchitectureApple Silicon 3 | 
| Family8 Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | 
| Codename - - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 P-Core Cortex-X4 M-Core Cortex-A720 E-Core Cortex-A520 | Codename Fiji - A8 - Typhoon - - - - | 
| Market Segment Mobile | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 10/24/2023 | Release Date 9/9/2015 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry TSMC - - - | 
| Node N4P - - - | Node 20nm - - - | 
| Die Size 137 mm² - - - | Die Size 89 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count Unknown - - - | Transistor Count 2 Billion - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 8 Cores 1 P-Cores 5 M-Cores 2 E-Cores | 2 Cores - - - | 
| 8 Threads 1 P-Threads 5 M-Cores 2 E-Threads | 2 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.3GHz - - | - 1.5GHz - - | 
| M-Core 3.15GHz - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.27GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative 64KB/M-Core 4-way set associative 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 64KB/P-Core 4-way set associative 64KB/M-Core 4-way set associative 32KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 1024KB/P-Core 8-way set associative - - 512KB/M-Core 8-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative - - | L2 - - 1MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| L3 - 12MB Shared - 12-way set associative - - - - - | L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 4MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 4 | Channels 1 | 
| Max Memory 24GB | Max Memory 2GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 16Bit Bus Width 64Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 64Bit | 
| Clock 4800MHz Transfer Rate 9600MT/s | Clock 800MHz Transfer Rate 1600MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 19.2GB/s Bandwidth 76.8GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 12.8GB/s Bandwidth 12.8GB/s | 
| TDP 5W - - - | TDP 6W - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| Adreno 750 1536 Shaders 900MHz 2.77 TFLOPS FP32 | PowerVR GX6450 A8 128 Shaders 533MHz 140 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| Hexagon | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| 45 TOPS INT8 | -  | 
| ISP Spectra | - - | 
| Modem Qualcomm X75 5G mmWave | No Cellular | 
| Speed Up to 10000Mbps Download Up to 3500Mbps Upload | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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