Apple M4 iPad vs Google Tensor
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Google Tensor 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 2800 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs October 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Google
May 2024
Launch Date
October 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
M4 iPad
Model Name
S5E9845
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X1
2x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A76
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
2800 MHz
28
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G78 MP20
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
848 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1709 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
64
10
Execution units
20
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
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)
Tensor Processing Unit
16 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
20 W
TDP
5.6 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+191%
Tensor
1319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+345%
Tensor
3234
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758
+240%
Tensor
813782
