Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (90/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

90/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Graphics test 26 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 43 FPS 35 FPS
Stability 71% 51%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 915032 893474
GPU 1135331 1133808
Memory 349968 427210
Total score 3116013 3126402
UX 715682 671910

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X80
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 367.8 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 315.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 223.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 234.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 257 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 3848 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 148 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 96.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 1100 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Announced May 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2540
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
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 —
📘 2026-08-19(Eiyuu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Sumiya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Apple Slayer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(S25 owner) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23([006]) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Vasy1163) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(zaido) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Dipsan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Data manipulation score — 16086
Phones tested — 36 models
Photo editing score — 39118
Video editing score — 8458
Web score — 21945
Writing score — 22647

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus — 3543672
10.Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra — 3247013
2.Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) — 3379591
3.Realme GT 8 (China) — 3336910
4.OnePlus Ace 6 — 3332530
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro — 3292097
6.Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro — 3290813
7.Honor GT Pro — 3280245
8.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Air — 3265219
9.Honor Win RT — 3249469
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) — AnTuTu v11

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