Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
vs
Apple M1 iPad

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 and Apple M1 iPad mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4000 MHz (4000 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2024 vs November 2020)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2024
Launch Date
November 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
Model Name
APL1102
2x 4 GHz – Cortex-X5
6x 0 GHz – Cortex-A730
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
8
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
5 nm
4000 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz

GPU Specifications

-
GPU name
Apple M1 GPU
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GPU frequency
1278 MHz
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FLOPS
2.617 TFLOPS
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

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

Memory Specifications

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Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
12 MB
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
14 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2902 +25%
M1 iPad
2319
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
9840 +16%
M1 iPad
8478
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
621
M1 iPad
1683 +171%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
2166
M1 iPad
7150 +230%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 4
3196241 +85%
M1 iPad
1726148