Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 23)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 28.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU 915032 216553
GPU 1135331 30227
Memory 349968 103694
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 160187
Total score — 510711

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 11 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
L1 cache — 16 KB
L2 cache — 256 KB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 X12
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 12
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec —
Background blur 54.3 images/sec —
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 124.8 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 52.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 416.7 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS —
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec —
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 7 tests 3 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 89.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 4.96 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 0.55 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 41.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 31.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 83.2 FPS
Photo processing — 9.43 images/sec
Ray tracing — 2.57 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 0.42 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 229.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 895 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Announced May 2024 December 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6150-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 7500 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 14.9 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1866 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 60FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 —
Video playback 4K at 60FPS —
Audio codecs — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution — 2520 x 1080
Storage type — eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
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 —
📘 2025-01-10(zafarchik) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-10-21(Rainx) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-30(Twilight) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-07(Sayato) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 101080 x 2400
Fortnite — 24 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 14 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 48 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 41 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 54 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Data manipulation score — 6444
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 14635
Video editing score — 5351
Web score — 6057
Writing score — 9952

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 — 510711
Phones with Snapdragon 678 — AnTuTu v11

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