Apple M4 iPad vs MediaTek Dimensity 8300

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and MediaTek Dimensity 8300 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3350 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 68.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs November 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
MediaTek
May 2024
Launch Date
November 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
Dimensity 8300
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.35 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A715 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3350 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Mali-G615 MP6
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1400 MHz
128
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
6
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.3
-
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
68.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
MediaTek APU 780
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
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
-
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +155%
Dimensity 8300
1506
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +197%
Dimensity 8300
4844
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +82%
Dimensity 8300
1518170