Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
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 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU763066367514
GPU1167582596874
Memory430483300073
UX436146297159
NanoReview Score27972771561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Graphics Testn/a77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression577.3 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 3200
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 14 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple M4 GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 10 3
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 1280 1536
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
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 Hexagon
GPU Frequency 38 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8550-AB

Results

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

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