Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple M4 (iPad)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M4 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Apple A14 Bionic (62/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple A14 Bionic
Apple

Apple A14 Bionic

62/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
NanoReview Score 62.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 66.0 Average 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Graphics test 11 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 13 FPS 63 FPS
Section 2 10 FPS 56 FPS
Section 3 8 FPS 43 FPS
Stability 85% 71%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
NPU theoretical performance 11 TOPS 38 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
CPU 364692 915032
GPU 311592 1135331
Memory 180518 349968
Total score 1326975 3116013
UX 470169 715682

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz –
Cores 6 10
Frequency 3100 MHz 4410 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W —
Transistor count 11.8 billion 28 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Modem — Snapdragon X71

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
API Metal Metal
Asset compression 182.6 MB/sec 501.5 MB/sec
Background blur 19.1 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Edge detection 0.79 Gpixels/sec 2.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 35.2 images/sec 124.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.24 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.83 Gpixels/sec 2.8 Gpixels/sec
HDR 164.1 Mpixels/sec 461.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 110.6 pages/sec 305.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.54 Gpixels/sec 1.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 104.9 images/sec 416.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 123.2 Mpixels/sec 317.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 1772.1 FPS 4657.1 FPS
Photo processing 50.8 images/sec 139.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.36 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 22 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 50.5 Gpixels/sec 164.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
FLOPS 654.3 Gigaflops 3763.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1278 MHz 1470 MHz
Pipelines 4 —
Shading units 64 —
Total shaders 256 —

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Announced September 2020 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W01 —
Successor -Apple A19 Pro —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Bus 4x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 120 Gb/s
Max size 6 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 7500 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Audio codecs - AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2752 x 2064
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- Motion JPEG - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-06-09(Khang) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-06-15(hungph) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-26(Hellomt) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-29(Ad_545) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-29(Kirillkryt) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-30(Kirious) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-04(Stelle) AnTuTu —
📘 2024-07-01(Aoul) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-07-10(Vlad) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-09-13(Yusuf baser) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-26(BG-M4-User) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-03(Astreeek) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple A14 Bionic Apple M4 (iPad)
1.Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max 1342343 —
2.Apple iPhone 12 1341575 —
3.Apple iPhone 12 Pro 1328132 —
4.Apple iPhone 12 mini 1306432 —
Phones with A14 Bionic AnTuTu v11 —

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