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

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (76/100), 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 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

76/100
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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 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Graphics test 26 FPS 13 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 43 FPS 25 FPS
Stability 71% 83%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 8s Gen 4
CPU 915032 645495
GPU 1135331 809405
Memory 349968 372805
Total score 3116013 2314417
UX 715682 486712

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 3210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 4200 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X75
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 293.4 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 23.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 16.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 216.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 152.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 2750.3 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 55.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 50 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 2355.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 1150 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1024
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Announced May 2024 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8735
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 320MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 —
📘 2026-08-12->Sakivuu — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13(Jit) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Suleiman) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Buggy67) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(z2z3x5) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Dice Morgan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(DavidB) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Srinu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 13734
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 26988
Video editing score — 7750
Web score — 15597
Writing score — 17764

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1.Meizu 22 — 2454886
10.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro — 2292541
2.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro — 2391144
3.Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global) — 2391014
4.OnePlus Turbo 6 — 2382990
5.Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro — 2375195
6.Nothing Phone (3) — 2371693
7.Honor 500 — 2344395
8.Oppo K13 Turbo Pro — 2341700
9.OnePlus Nord 6 — 2314061
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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