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Microsoft SQ2 vs Apple M1
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Microsoft SQ2 on one side and the Apple M1 on the other side, also their respective performances with the benchmarks. The first is dedicated to the 2-in-1 laptop sector, It has 8 cores, 8 threads, a maximum frequency of 3.2GHz. The second is used on the laptop segment, it has a total of 8 cores, 8 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 3.2 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench and Cinebench.
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Specification comparison:
| Processor | Microsoft SQ2 | Apple M1 | ||||||
| Market (main) | 2-in-1 laptop | Laptop | ||||||
| ISA | ARMv8 (64-bit) | ARMv8.5-A (64-bit) | ||||||
| Microarchitecture | Cortex-A76, Cortex-A55 | Firestorm, Icestorm | ||||||
| Core name | Kryo 495 Gold, Kryo 495 Silver | Firestorm, Icestorm | ||||||
| Family | Snapdragon 800 | M series | ||||||
| Part number(s), S-Spec | SQ2 | APL1102, T8103 | ||||||
| Release date | Q3 2020 | Q4 2020 | ||||||
| Lithography | 7 nm N7 | 5 nm FinFET N5 | ||||||
| Transistors | - | 33,700,000,000 | ||||||
| Cores | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Threads | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Base frequency | 2.42 GHz | 2.06 GHz | ||||||
| Turbo frequency | 3.15 GHz | 3.2 GHz | ||||||
| Energy cores | 4x Qualcomm Kryo 495 Silver @ 2.42 GHz |
4x Apple Icestorm @ 2.06 GHz | ||||||
| High performance cores | 4x Qualcomm Kryo 495 Gold @ 3.15 GHz |
4x Apple Firestorm @ 3.2 GHz | ||||||
| Cache memory | 2 MB | 16 MB | ||||||
| Max memory capacity | 16 GB | 16 GB | ||||||
| Memory types | LPDDR4X-2133 |
LPDDR4X-4266 (2133 MHz) | ||||||
| Max # of memory channels | 8 | 2 | ||||||
| Max memory bandwidth | 68.26 GB/s | 66.7 GB/s | ||||||
| TDP | 9 W | 14 W | ||||||
| GPU integrated graphics | Qualcomm Adreno 690 | Apple M1 GPU 8-Core | ||||||
| GPU cores | - | 8 | ||||||
| GPU execution units | 3 | 128 | ||||||
| GPU shading units | 768 | 1,024 | ||||||
| GPU base clock | 661 MHz | 1,278 MHz | ||||||
| GPU boost clock | 680 MHz | 1,278 MHz | ||||||
| GPU FP32 floating point | 2,088.9 GFLOPS | 2,617 GFLOPS | ||||||
| Socket | SoC | SoC | ||||||
| Drystone MIPS | 173,041 DMIPS | - | ||||||
| AI accelerator | - |
AI accelerator 16-core | ||||||
| AI computing operations per seconds | - | 11 TOPS | ||||||
| DSP | Qualcomm Hexagon 690 | - | ||||||
| ISP | Qualcomm Spectra 390 | - | ||||||
| Max display resolution | - |
6016 x 3384@60Hz (Thunderbolt), 3840 x 2160@60Hz (HDMI) | ||||||
| Video decoding | H.265 4K | H.265, HEVC, VP9 | ||||||
| Video encoding | H.265 4K | H.265, HEVC | ||||||
| Max camera ISP | 192 MP; 22 MP @ 30fps | - | ||||||
| Cellular technologies | LTE, WCDMA | - | ||||||
| GNSS | GPS, Glonass, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | - | ||||||
| Modem | Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE | - | ||||||
| LTE download speed | Up to 2 Gbit/s | - | ||||||
| LTE upload speed | Up to 316 Mbit/s | - | ||||||
| LTE category | LTE Cat 20 | - | ||||||
| Connectivity | USB 3.1 | 2 Thunderbolt, 2 USB-C, 1 HDMI 2.0 | ||||||
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ad | - | ||||||
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5 | - | ||||||
| Cinebench R23 single thread | 238 | 1,503 | ||||||
| Cinebench R23 multi-thread | 1,746 | 7,794 | ||||||
| PassMark single thread | 1,933 | 3,703 | ||||||
| (SGEMM) GFLOPS Performance | 141.2 GFLOPS | 203.4 GFLOPS | ||||||
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We see that the two processors have an equivalent number of cores, the turbo frequency of Apple M1 is bigger, that the PDT of Microsoft SQ2 is lower. Both were produced in the same year.
Performance comparison with the benchmarks:
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench.
| AnTuTu - Total Score | |
|---|---|
Apple M1 | 1,052,349 |
| Microsoft SQ2 | 286,261 |
The difference is 268%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
AnTuTu is one of the most popular apps in the world to evaluate and compare the power of a mobile device with the competition. It tests above all the power of calculation, the display of Web pages, the modeling of decorations in 3D, the management of the memory, the transfer of data.
| Cinebench R23 - Multi-Thread & Single Thread Score | |
|---|---|
| Apple M1 |
1,503 7,794 |
| Microsoft SQ2 |
238 1,746 |
In single core, the difference is 532%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 346%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Cinebench R23 is cross-platform testing software that allows you to assess the hardware capabilities of a device such as a computer, tablet, server. This version of Cinebench takes into account recent developments in processors with multiple cores and the latest improvements in rendering techniques. The evaluation is ultimately even more relevant. The test scene contains no less than 2,000 objects and more than 300,000 polygons in total.
| Geekbench 4 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Mac OS X & Windows | |
|---|---|
| Apple M1 |
5,792 23,220 |
| Microsoft SQ2 |
3,617 12,032 |
In single core, the difference is 60%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 93%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.
| Geekbench 5 - Multi-core & Single Core Score - Mac OS X & Windows | |
|---|---|
| Apple M1 |
1,744 7,657 |
| Microsoft SQ2 |
789 3,092 |
In single core, the difference is 121%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 148%.
Note: Commissions may be earned from the links above. These scores are only an
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Geekbench 5 is a software for measuring the performance of a computer system, for fixed devices, mobile devices, servers. This platform makes it possible to better compare the power of the CPU, the computing power and to compare it with similar or totally different systems. Geekbench 5 includes new workloads that represent work tasks and applications that we can find in reality.
Equivalence:
Microsoft SQ2 Intel EquivalentMicrosoft SQ2 AMD EquivalentApple M1 Intel EquivalentApple M1 AMD EquivalentSee also:
Microsoft SQ1Microsoft SQ3Apple M1 MaxApple M1 Pro 10-CoreApple M1 Pro 8-CoreApple M1 UltraApple M2Apple M2 MaxApple M2 Pro 10-CoreApple M2 Pro 12-CoreApple M2 UltraApple M3Apple M3 Max 14-CoreApple M3 Max 16-CoreApple M3 Pro 11-CoreApple M3 Pro 12-Core
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