Apple M4 iPad vs Google Tensor G2

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Google Tensor G2 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 2850 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs October 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Google
May 2024
Launch Date
October 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
M4 iPad
Model Name
Tensor G2
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X1 2x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A78 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
2850 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G710 MP7
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
850 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.1424 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
96
10
Execution units
7
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

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, NAVIC

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)
Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
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
7 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +223%
Tensor G2
1188
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +315%
Tensor G2
3468
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +236%
Tensor G2
824434