Apple M2 (iPad) vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple M2 (iPad), vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M2 (iPad) and Apple A14 Bionic
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple M2 (iPad)
2188966
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU547920310050
GPU915149323143
Memory363648173777
UX362249288345
NanoReview Score21889661095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M2 (iPad)
19845
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stability74 %69 %
Graphics Test118 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
2623
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M2 (iPad)
9803
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression375.1 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser220.6 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering249.8 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur41.1 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing99.3 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection226.5 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR325.7 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing10.7 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
- 4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3490 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor count 20 billion 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 20 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M2 GPU Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Apple GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 8 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 2918 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency 15.8 TOPS 11 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 102.4 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced June, 2022 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1109 APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M2 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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