Apple M4 iPad
vs
Apple M1 iPad

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Apple M1 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 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs November 2020)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
May 2024
Launch Date
November 2020
Tablet
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
APL1102
4x 4.4 GHz, 6x 2.88 GHz
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
28 billion
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.617 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
External display up to 6K @ 60Hz
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
Wi-Fi 6E
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

16 MB
L2 Cache
12 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode
Video codecs
-
8K H.264,HEVC,ProRes,ProRes RAW,AV1
Video playback
-
20 W
TDP
14 W
ARM-based
Instruction set
-
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +66%
M1 iPad
2319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +70%
M1 iPad
8478
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +60%
M1 iPad
1726148

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
14365
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
6407
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
2496
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
407
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
2513
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
386
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
15334
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
6215
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
3497
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
1981
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
3354
Apple iPad Pro 12.9 (2021)
Apple M1 iPad
1893