Apple A18 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 A18 (83/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple A18
Apple

Apple A18

83/100
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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 A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
NanoReview Score 83.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 90.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
Graphics test 12 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 31 FPS 63 FPS
Section 2 26 FPS 56 FPS
Section 3 20 FPS 43 FPS
Stability 75% 71%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
NPU theoretical performance 35 TOPS 38 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
CPU 611649 915032
GPU 589953 1135331
Memory 181123 349968
Total score 1972476 3116013
UX 589751 715682

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz –
Cores 6 10
Frequency 4050 MHz 4410 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 9 W —
L1 cache — 192 KB
Transistor count — 28 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 5G Snapdragon X71
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
API Metal Metal
Asset compression 286.8 MB/sec 501.5 MB/sec
Background blur 36.2 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.14 Gpixels/sec 2.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 71.8 images/sec 124.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.39 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.44 Gpixels/sec 2.8 Gpixels/sec
HDR 279.1 Mpixels/sec 461.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 184.2 pages/sec 305.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 0.86 Gpixels/sec 1.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 297.2 images/sec 416.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 201.2 Mpixels/sec 317.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 2811.1 FPS 4657.1 FPS
Photo processing 90 images/sec 139.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 8.68 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 6 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 77.7 Gpixels/sec 164.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
FLOPS 1907 Gigaflops 3763.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1490 MHz 1470 MHz
Pipelines 5 —
Shading units 128 —
Total shaders 640 —

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
Announced September 2024 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1V08 —
Successor -Apple A19 —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
Bus 4x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 60 Gb/s 120 Gb/s
Max size 8 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3750 MHz 7500 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 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 camera resolution 1x 48MP —
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max display resolution — 2752 x 2064

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-05-14(Lakki) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-05-20(putheeta) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-04(Sepehr Naraghipour) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-03(iTzRageeh) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-15(vovachips) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-18(Aj) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-30(Dddd) 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 A18 Apple M4 (iPad)
1.Apple iPhone 16 1985600 —
2.Apple iPhone 16 Plus 1949745 —
3.Apple iPhone 16e 1612788 —
Phones with Apple A18 AnTuTu v11 —

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