Apple M4 iPad vs Apple A17 Pro

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs September 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
May 2024
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
APL1V02
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
10
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1472 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
51.2 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
8 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +29%
A17 Pro
2977
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +92%
A17 Pro
7476
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +75%
A17 Pro
1578153