Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M4 (iPad) (99/100)
Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (20/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| NanoReview Score | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 20.0 Poor |
| Performance | 99.0 Excellent WINNER | 14.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 26 FPS | — |
| Section 1 | 63 FPS | — |
| Section 2 | 56 FPS | — |
| Section 3 | 43 FPS | — |
| Stability | 71% | — |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| NPU theoretical performance | 38 TOPS | — |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Hexagon 680 |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 915032 | 131463 |
| GPU | 1135331 | 17357 |
| Memory | 349968 | 67653 |
| Total score | 3116013 | 282713 |
| UX | 715682 | 66240 |
CPU
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – | 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
| Cores | 10 | 8 |
| Frequency | 4410 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | — |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 14 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 28 billion | 2 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | — | 5 W |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 | X12 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| API | Metal | Vulkan |
| Asset compression | 501.5 MB/sec | 68 MB/sec |
| Background blur | 54.3 images/sec | 1.71 images/sec |
| Edge detection | 2.32 Gpixels/sec | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Face detection | 124.8 images/sec | 0.31 images/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Gaussian blur | 2.8 Gpixels/sec | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| HDR | 461.1 Mpixels/sec | 37.9 Mpixels/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 305.6 pages/sec | 33.7 pages/sec |
| Horizon detection | 1.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 416.7 images/sec | 11 images/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 317.1 Mpixels/sec | 44.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4657.1 FPS | 24.3 FPS |
| Photo processing | 139.8 images/sec | 8.66 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.9 Mpixels/sec | 1.82 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 39 tests |
| Stereo matching | 164.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.36 Gpixels/sec |
Graphics
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 3763.2 Gigaflops | 110.1 Gigaflops |
| GPU frequency | 1470 MHz | 430 MHz |
| DirectX version | — | 11 |
| OpenCL version | — | 2.0 |
| Pipelines | — | 1 |
| Shading units | — | 128 |
| Total shaders | — | 128 |
| Vulkan version | — | 1.0 |
Info
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | May 2024 | October 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | — | SDM636 |
| Official page | — | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 official site |
Memory
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 120 Gb/s | 5.3 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory frequency | 7500 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4 |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV | - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | 1900 x 1200 |
| Storage type | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 | - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9 |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Max camera resolution | — | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 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 | — |
| 📘 2026-02-28(diss74) | — | AnTuTu |
PCMark 3.0
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| Data manipulation score | — | 4803 |
| Phones tested | — | Less than 3 |
| Photo editing score | — | 11463 |
| Video editing score | — | 5085 |
| Web score | — | 5148 |
| Writing score | — | 6065 |
Smartphones
| Specification | Apple M4 (iPad) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 | — | 282713 |
| Phones with Snapdragon 636 | — | AnTuTu v11 |
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