Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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 685
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 20.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
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 685
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
CPU 915032 185342
GPU 1135331 28390
Memory 349968 135110
Total score 3116013 476175
UX 715682 127333

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 13
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 X11
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 97.1 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 2.93 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 0.17 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 51.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 29.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 16.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 56.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 29.1 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 11.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 2.83 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 30 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 1.6 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 322.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 1260 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
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 685
Announced May 2024 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — SM6225-AD
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
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 —
📘 2026-07-19(Veliki_eblan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Tameng) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Aj Umagat) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Christo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(SkyBlack) — CPU Throttle

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
Data manipulation score — 7401
Phones tested — 9 models
Photo editing score — 15136
Video editing score — 4745
Web score — 8747
Writing score — 10107

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1.Realme C85 4G — 527116
10.Realme C85 Pro — 460559
2.Realme 13 4G — 505115
3.Xiaomi Redmi 15 4G — 504376
4.Honor X7d — 499100
5.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 — 496286
6.Honor X7c — 483206
7.Xiaomi Poco M7 4G — 482788
8.Honor X8c — 466230
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 4G — 464836
Phones with Snapdragon 685 — AnTuTu v11

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