Apple M4 iPad
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple M4 iPad
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (May 2024 vs November 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2024
Launch Date
November 2025
Tablet
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
SM8845
4x 4.4 GHz, 6x 2.88 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
28 billion
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
128
Shading units
512
10
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
External display up to 6K @ 60Hz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 6E
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
8K H.264,HEVC,ProRes,ProRes RAW,AV1
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
20 W
TDP
-
ARM-based
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+37%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+43%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPad Pro 11 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
14365
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
8535
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPad Pro 13 (2024)
Apple M4 iPad
3497
Vivo iQOO Z11 Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1802
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