Apple M1 (iPad) 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 M1 (iPad) (84/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple M1 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M1 (iPad)

84/100
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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 M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
NanoReview Score 84.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 89.0 Very Good 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Graphics test 15 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 30 FPS 63 FPS
Section 2 24 FPS 56 FPS
Section 3 19 FPS 43 FPS
Stability 77% 71%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) 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 M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
CPU 629472 915032
GPU 687856 1135331
Memory 214672 349968
Total score 2027700 3116013
UX 495700 715682

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Architecture 4x 3.2 GHz – Firestorm4x 2.1 GHz – Icestorm 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz –
Cores 8 10
Frequency 3200 MHz 4410 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 5 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 14 W —
Transistor count 16 billion 28 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) 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, Galileo, QZSS 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 M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
API Metal Metal
Asset compression 331.8 MB/sec 501.5 MB/sec
Background blur 34.7 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.52 Gpixels/sec 2.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 71.1 images/sec 124.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.42 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 1.6 Gpixels/sec 2.8 Gpixels/sec
HDR 290 Mpixels/sec 461.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 174.3 pages/sec 305.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.09 Gpixels/sec 1.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 192.9 images/sec 416.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 223.3 Mpixels/sec 317.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 3208.4 FPS 4657.1 FPS
Photo processing 72.7 images/sec 139.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 9.72 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 107 Gpixels/sec 164.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
FLOPS 2617 Gigaflops 3763.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1278 MHz 1470 MHz

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Announced November 2020 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1102 —
Successor -Apple M4 (iPad) —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 68.25 Gb/s 120 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 7500 MHz
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- 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- VP9- 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 M1 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-11-07(Cool) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-01-09(Rift) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-09(Arcia) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-29(Blizz) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-08(AL10) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-18(Avacada) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-07-04(クラ絶) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-24->op1 GeekBench CPU —
📘 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

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