Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

41/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Graphics test 26 FPS 6 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 698

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
CPU 915032 385127
GPU 1135331 148169
Memory 349968 166070
Total score 3116013 978910
UX 715682 279544

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion 10.3 billion
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 X55
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 11 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 77 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 567.3 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 52 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 587 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Announced May 2024 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8250-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 —
📘 2026-07-21->lightareof — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Teddy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Catdors) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03->penguin_1234 — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-09(May) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Rennsport — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Call of Duty: Mobile — 61 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 30 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Data manipulation score — 8658
Phones tested — 14 models
Photo editing score — 29642
Video editing score — 5874
Web score — 9557
Writing score — 14782

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1.Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro — 1049872
10.Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro — 970530
2.Xiaomi Mi 10T — 1005146
3.OnePlus 8 — 1003562
4.Oppo Find X2 Pro — 992401
5.OnePlus 8T — 990988
6.Sony Xperia 5 II — 986701
7.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G — 982474
8.Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro — 980370
9.Sony Xperia 1 II — 973499
Phones with Snapdragon 865 — AnTuTu v11

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