It's also kinda hard to get a grasp on what "faster" means here. Some benchmarks clearly show a significant lead for Apple, but real world tasks on each chipset

It's also kinda hard to get a grasp on what "faster" means here. Some benchmarks clearly show a significant lead for Apple, but real world tasks on each chipset are comparable, if not Qualcomm-favourable, if comparing "equivalent" applications on iOS and Android. If Android could be installed (and properly integrated) on (recent) iPhones and iPads, then we'd have a fair comparison to draw I guess.