Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
854884
CPU763066274580
GPU1167582237549
Memory430483154592
UX436146188163
NanoReview Score2797277854884
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314
File Compression577.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/secn/a
Background Blur57.2 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing149.6 frames/sn/a
Image Detection422.4 frames/sn/a
HDR506.2 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 2700
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 28 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 14 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Adreno 810
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz n/a
Execution Units 10 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1280 256
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Yes
GPU Frequency 38 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 2900x1300 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 Snapdragon X62 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a SM7635-AC

Results

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

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