Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 4
2082208
CPU763066475806
GPU1167582881311
Memory430483390065
UX436146335026
NanoReview Score27972772082208
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
File Compression577.3 MB/s293.2 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s196.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec221.6 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s24.1 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s63.9 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s154.6 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec217.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec8.01 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 3210
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB n/a
L2 cache 16 MB 6 MB
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 825
Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 1150 MHz
Execution Units 10 2
Shader Units 128 512
Total shader 1280 1024
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12

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 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 120 Gbit/s 76.8 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 4.0
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x320 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X70 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 n/a
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 4200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.3 6.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr April, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8735

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