Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
vs
Apple M1 iPad

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 and Apple M1 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: August 2025 (August 2025 vs November 2020)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2700 MHz vs 3200 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
August 2025
Launch Date
November 2020
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM7635-AC
Model Name
APL1102
1x 2.7 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720), 3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720), 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
8
Cores
8
4 nm
Technology
5 nm
2700 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 810
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.617 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
-
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
2900 x 1300
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
-
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
12 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
4K at 30FPS
Video capture
-
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Video codecs
-
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
14 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1190
M1 iPad
2319 +95%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3248
M1 iPad
8478 +161%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
857250
M1 iPad
1726148 +101%