Apple M4 iPad vs Samsung Exynos 2500

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple M4 iPad and Samsung Exynos 2500 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (4400 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 120 Gbit/s (120 Gbit/s vs 76.8 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: January 2025 (May 2024 vs January 2025)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Samsung
May 2024
Launch Date
January 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
Samsung
M4 iPad
Model Name
Exynos 2500
4x 4.4 GHz – 6x 2.88 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X53x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7302x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7304x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A520
10
Cores
10
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple M4 GPU
GPU name
-
1470 MHz
GPU frequency
-
128
Shading units
-
10
Execution units
-
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.3
Bluetooth
5.4
6
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5T
7500 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
120 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
76.8 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
20 W
TDP
-
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
M4 iPad
3842 +41%
Exynos 2500
2719
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
M4 iPad
14383 +60%
Exynos 2500
9016
AnTuTu 10
M4 iPad
2767758 +8%
Exynos 2500
2570180