Apple M4 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8020 (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8020
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

42/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Graphics test 26 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 570

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
CPU 915032 349209
GPU 1135331 150375
Memory 349968 181946
Total score 3116013 981459
UX 715682 299929

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 320 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 4 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 21
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 172.2 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 3.47 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 125.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 78.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 132.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 822.7 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 4.75 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 10 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 13.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 481.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 836 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 9
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 288
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Announced May 2024 April 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6891, MT6891Z_Z/CZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8020 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
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 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
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 —
📘 2026-01-01(Stefan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-25(CRUCIUS) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-06(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-05(Otuab) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-15(Poseidon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-03(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(GEKO973239) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Data manipulation score — 10609
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 46444
Video editing score — 7875
Web score — 15979
Writing score — 18299

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
1.Motorola Edge 40 — 981459
Phones with Dimensity 8020 — AnTuTu v11

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