Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 855
610427
CPU763066188722
GPU1167582172501
Memory430483108871
UX436146140333
NanoReview Score2797277610427
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
3013
Stabilityn/a82 %
Graphics Testn/a18 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
930
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
2834
File Compression577.3 MB/s129.1 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s75.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec88.8 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s8.79 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s27.5 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s62.3 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec91.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec4.01 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 58 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro (1080x2340)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1/2.84 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 3/2.42 (Cortex-A76 Kryo 485 Gold)
- 4/1.8 (Cortex-A55 Kryo 485 Silver)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 2840
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 2 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 28 billion 6.7 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 Adreno 640
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 585 MHz
Execution Units 10 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 1280 768
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 898.5 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
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 690
GPU Frequency 38 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 34.13 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 3.0
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 X24 LTE, X50 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1240 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr December, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8150

Results

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

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