Apple M4 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1580

Compared 2 processors: Apple M4 (iPad), vs Samsung Exynos 1580. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple M4 (iPad) and Samsung Exynos 1580
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
Samsung Exynos 1580
906997
CPU763066289519
GPU1167582265302
Memory430483156294
UX436146195882
NanoReview Score2797277906997
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Samsung Exynos 1580
1360
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
Samsung Exynos 1580
3893
File Compression577.3 MB/s184.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser341.4 pages/s112.2 pages/s
PDF Rendering367.5 MP/sec138.4 MP/sec
Background Blur57.2 frames/s15 frames/s
Photo Processing149.6 frames/s35 frames/s
Image Detection422.4 frames/s68 frames/s
HDR506.2 MP/sec104.8 MP/sec
Ray Tracing17.7 MP/sec4.96 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
- 1x 2.9 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 3x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A520
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 9 8
Frequency 4400 2900
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 Samsung Xclipse 540
Architecture Apple GPU Magellan (RDNA 3)
GPU Frequency 1598 MHz 1300 MHz
Execution Units 10 2
Shader Units 128 128
Total shader 1280 256
FLOPS 4090 GFLOPS 1331.2 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 Yes
GPU Frequency 38 TOPS 14.7 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 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2064x2752 pixels 2960x1440 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 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
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 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 5100 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 1280 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced May, 2024 yr October, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename n/a S5E8855

Results

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

Survey

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2 (66.67%)
1 (33.33%)
Total Votes: 3

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