Apple M4 iPad vs Apple A16 Bionic
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs September 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
May 2024
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
APL1W10
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
10
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
28
Transistor count
16
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
128
10
Execution units
5
-
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
-
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
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
8 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+50%
A16 Bionic
2562
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+115%
A16 Bionic
6685
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758
+95%
A16 Bionic
1421181
