Apple M4 (iPad) vs Apple A16 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Apple A16 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Apple A16 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 A16 Bionic
1441348
CPU763066381160
GPU1167582472052
Memory430483258668
UX436146329468
NanoReview Score27972771441348
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Apple A16 Bionic
9874
Stabilityn/a79 %
Graphics Testn/a59 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Apple A16 Bionic
2627
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Apple A16 Bionic
6838
File Compression577.3 MB/s236.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s156.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec162.1 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s26.5 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s77.6 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s155.8 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec207.5 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec6.85 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 2/3.46 (Everest)
- 4/2.02 (Sawtooth)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 6
Frequency 4400 3460
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 192 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Apple GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution Units 10 5
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1280 640
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 1789.4 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 17 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 51.2 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 2064x2752 pixels 2796x1290 pixels
Camera n/a 1x48 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
- VP8
- VP9
- 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. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr September, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a APL1W10

Results

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

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