Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (63/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

63/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 63.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Graphics test 26 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS 22 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS 19 FPS
Section 3 43 FPS 16 FPS
Stability 71% 90%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
CPU 915032 556525
GPU 1135331 503679
Memory 349968 307418
Total score 3116013 1797821
UX 715682 430199

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7.5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X70 5G
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 8s Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 219.8 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 6.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 156.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 113.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 167.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 1701.5 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 6.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 64 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 26.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 1100 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Announced May 2024 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-08-16(AngryDuy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->Augus.anime — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(oxterspvce) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-23->sajidulch — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 15136
Phones tested — 14 models
Photo editing score — 27100
Video editing score — 7662
Web score — 14506
Writing score — 19378

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1.Vivo V70 Elite — 1913976
10.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo — 1805187
2.Realme GT Neo 6 — 1866203
3.OnePlus Nord 5 — 1848224
4.Motorola Razr Plus (2026) — 1846775
5.Motorola Edge 50 Ultra — 1826731
6.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 3 — 1823082
7.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Endurance — 1821945
8.Realme GT 6 — 1809566
9.Xiaomi 14 Civi — 1806236
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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