Apple M4 (iPad) vs Apple A13 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Apple A13 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Apple A13 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 M4 (iPad)
2797277
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
CPU763066181570
GPU1167582312411
Memory430483147974
UX436146262862
NanoReview Score2797277904817
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Stabilityn/a68 %
Graphics Testn/a41 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
File Compression577.3 MB/s147.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s87.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec104.2 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s14.3 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s39.3 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s74 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec125.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec4.6 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 60 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Apple iPhone 11 Pro (828x1792)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 6
Frequency 4400 2650
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 8.5 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Apple GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 1230 MHz
Execution Units 10 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 1280 256
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 629.8 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 38 TOPS 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe NVMe
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple M4 (iPad) the clear winner in this comparison.

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