Apple M4 iPad vs Apple A15 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Apple A15 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3230 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs September 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
May 2024
Launch Date
September 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
APL1W07
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
10
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3230 MHz
28
Transistor count
15
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Apple A15 GPU
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1338 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7126 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
10
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
16 MB
L2 Cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
20 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+65%
A15 Bionic
2333
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+151%
A15 Bionic
5741
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758
+110%
A15 Bionic
1315838
