Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Graphics test 26 FPS 2 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 7s Gen 2
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 915032 312937
GPU 1135331 73407
Memory 349968 196121
Total score 3116013 798429
UX 715682 215964

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.95 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 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 2900 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X62
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 142.2 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 9.3 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 89.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 59.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 54 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 98.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 194.1 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.91 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 33 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 7.14 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 481.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 940 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Announced May 2024 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7435-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 7s Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2560 x 1600
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 —
📘 2026-06-16(AmX) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-16(Hi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-05(Rodrigo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(PacmaceYT) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(Solo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(Rikirin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Lufus) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Hi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 11507
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 24734
Video editing score — 6946
Web score — 13631
Writing score — 13590

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1.Motorola Edge 60 Stylus — 848851
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G — 718523
2.Realme 13 Pro 5G — 848531
3.Motorola Moto G67 Power — 848362
4.Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G — 833876
5.Motorola Edge 50 Fusion — 813138
6.Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G — 809775
7.Motorola Moto G96 — 794638
8.Motorola Edge (2024) — 763420
9.Xiaomi Poco X6 — 754967
Phones with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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