Apple A18 vs Apple M4 iPad
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A18 and Apple M4 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (3780 MHz vs 4400 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (60 GB/s vs 120 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2024
Launch Date
May 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A18
Model Name
M4 iPad
2x 4.04 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz –
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
6
Cores
10
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
4400 MHz
-
Transistor count
28
GPU Specifications
Apple A18 GPU
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1470 MHz
1.7894 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
128
5
Execution units
10
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
60 GB/s
Max Bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K at 24FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
20 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A18
3403
M4 iPad
3842
+13%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A18
7828
M4 iPad
14383
+84%
AnTuTu 10
A18
1490144
M4 iPad
2767758
+86%
