Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Graphics test 26 FPS 7 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 870
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 870
CPU 915032 378231
GPU 1135331 155526
Memory 349968 174975
Total score 3116013 1010069
UX 715682 301337

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 3.2 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 3200 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) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
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 870
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 12 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 80 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 650.5 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 34 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1029.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 670 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 870
Announced May 2024 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8250-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 870
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 870
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 —
📘 2026-08-11(Disnaro 🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13->EXR — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-22(DAP) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(fx_one_love) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Black Shark 41080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 49 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 102 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 107 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Data manipulation score — 9987
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 28690
Video editing score — 5825
Web score — 11701
Writing score — 15274

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1.Xiaomi Black Shark 4 — 1077688
2.Realme GT Neo 2 — 1074464
3.OnePlus 9R — 1032318
4.Xiaomi Poco F3 — 1014957
5.Xiaomi Poco F4 — 1002919
6.Xiaomi 12X — 994972
7.Realme GT Neo 3T — 939442
Phones with Snapdragon 870 — AnTuTu v11

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