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

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and Apple M4 (iPad)
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
Apple M4 (iPad)
2797277
CPU602481763066
GPU11658801167582
Memory534209430483
UX442171436146
NanoReview Score27447412797277
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
Apple M4 (iPad)
n/a
Graphics Test143 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
Apple M4 (iPad)
3767
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
Apple M4 (iPad)
14677
File Compression382.4 MB/s577.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s341.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec367.5 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s57.2 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s149.6 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s422.4 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec506.2 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec17.7 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 4x 4.4 GHz –
- 5x 2.85 GHz –
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 9
Frequency 4320 4400
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache n/a 192 KB
L2 cache 24 MB 16 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 3 nm
Transistor count n/a 28 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 14 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Apple M4 GPU
Architecture Adreno 800 Apple GPU
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1598 MHz
Execution Units 3 10
Shader Units 512 128
Total shader 1536 1280
FLOPS 3379.2 GFLOPS 4090 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 120 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 - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 2064x2752 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 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 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr May, 2024 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB n/a

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