Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Apple M4 iPad
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Apple M4 iPad
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4600 MHz vs 4400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs May 2024)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
September 2025
Launch Date
May 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850
Model Name
M4 iPad
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz, 6x 2.88 GHz
8
Cores
10
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz
Frequency
4400 MHz
-
Transistor count
28
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1470 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
10
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
Yes
6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
20 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
M4 iPad
3842
+2%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
M4 iPad
14383
+14%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+51%
M4 iPad
2767758
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
30614
M4 iPad
32525
+6%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
8329
M4 iPad
8889
+7%
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3150
M4 iPad
3482
+11%
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