Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 46.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Graphics test 26 FPS 4 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS
Section 3 43 FPS
Stability 71% 77%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 780

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU 915032 406119
GPU 1135331 233383
Memory 349968 188085
Total score 3116013 1135878
UX 715682 308291

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion 10.3 billion
L3 cache 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 X60
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 888
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 156.9 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 12.1 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 3.37 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 104.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 86.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 72.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 104.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 851.2 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 49 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 13.1 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1290.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 840 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 888
Announced May 2024 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
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
📘 2026-07-22(Thiago) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(hazlanmy) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-30(Raffi) CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-07(Turtle_tech) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-08->AlicanTuTu AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Marchi1962) GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-18(Soul) AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device Asus Zenfone 81080 x 2400
Fortnite 26 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 58 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile 83 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Data manipulation score 10494
Phones tested 11 models
Photo editing score 29866
Video editing score 7638
Web score 12232
Writing score 15219

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1.Sony Xperia 1 III 1232200
10.Oppo Find X3 Pro 1123143
2.Asus ROG Phone 5 1227639
3.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 5G 1192547
4.OnePlus 9 Pro 1185805
5.OnePlus 9 1157244
6.Huawei P50 Pro 1141829
7.Xiaomi 11T Pro 1140220
8.OnePlus 9RT 1139950
9.Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 1138928
Phones with Snapdragon 888 AnTuTu v11

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