Apple M4 iPad vs Apple M2 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Apple M2 iPad 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 3500 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 102.4 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs June 2022)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
May 2024
Launch Date
June 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
APL1109
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
4x 3.5 GHz – Avalanche4x 2.4 GHz – Blizzard
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3500 MHz
28
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Apple M2 GPU
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.918 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
102.4 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
20 W
TDP
15 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+46%
M2 iPad
2633
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+45%
M2 iPad
9898
