Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs May 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2024
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
M4 iPad
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 730
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
128
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
5.3
Bluetooth
5.3
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, 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)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
20 W
TDP
-
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +131%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +242%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +135%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340