Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 7 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (May 2024 vs January 2021)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
May 2024
Launch Date
January 2021
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
M4 iPad
Model Name
SM8250-AC
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
10
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
7 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 650
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
670 MHz
-
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
10
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.2
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
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
20 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842
+234%
Snapdragon 870
1151
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383
+331%
Snapdragon 870
3336
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758
+248%
Snapdragon 870
794278
