Apple M4 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 1280 (32/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Samsung Exynos 1280
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 1280

32/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Graphics test 26 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 95%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS 4.3 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
CPU 915032 256114
GPU 1135331 71758
Memory 349968 95251
Total score 3116013 615425
UX 715682 192302

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2550 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1280 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 102.4 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 6.2 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 1.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 68.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 52.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 37 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 71.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 408.3 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 16.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.15 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 37 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 229.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 897 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 4
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Announced May 2024 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — S5E8825
Official page — Samsung Exynos 1280 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 1580

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
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 —
📘 2026-05-30(🇻🇳 CuoiLaoXuongSong) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02(MusteryLodall) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-11(Pikolano) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-15(OmPhanLaoRaBien) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(DJ) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Adi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SacredGold14 — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
Data manipulation score — 8838
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 22696
Video editing score — 7350
Web score — 9628
Writing score — 13552

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 1280
1.Samsung Galaxy A53 5G — 621907
2.Samsung Galaxy A25 — 617315
3.Samsung Galaxy A33 5G — 615425
4.Samsung Galaxy M34 5G — 603449
5.Samsung Galaxy M33 5G — 598004
Phones with Exynos 1280 — AnTuTu v11

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