Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (43/100), 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 7 Gen 3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Graphics test 26 FPS 4 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 915032 411404
GPU 1135331 217586
Memory 349968 154808
Total score 3116013 1027925
UX 715682 244127

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2630 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion
L3 cache 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X63
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 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 155 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 11.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 3.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 92.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 55.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 101.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 395.6 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 15.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 998.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 975 MHz
OpenCL version 2.0
Pipelines 2
Shading units 256
Total shaders 512
Vulkan version 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Announced May 2024 November 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number SM7550-AB
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site
Successor -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2880 x 1800
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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
📘 2026-07-10(Arafat) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(Kirei) CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-15(Iulitic211Rg) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20(Tapnbridge) AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Raad) AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Baclaven) AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Data manipulation score 10354
Phones tested 2 models
Photo editing score 25101
Video editing score 7333
Web score 12784
Writing score 12578

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1.Motorola Edge 50 Pro 1090709
10.Vivo T3 Pro 5G 1014174
2.Honor 400 1087525
3.OnePlus Nord CE4 1051702
4.Honor 100 1045163
5.Vivo iQOO Z9 5G 1027925
6.Vivo V30 1026500
7.Vivo V50 5G 1018053
8.HTC U24 Pro 1016461
9.Vivo iQOO Z9s Pro 1015447
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 AnTuTu v11

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