Apple M4 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 9820 (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Samsung Exynos 9820
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 9820

36/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Graphics test 26 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 81%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
CPU 915032 297306
GPU 1135331 132919
Memory 349968 146753
Total score 3116013 744321
UX 715682 167343

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.73 GHz – Mongoose M42x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A754x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion 8.5 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 20
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Exynos 5100
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 114.9 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 7.34 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 4.35 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 72.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 69.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 44.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 69 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 739.3 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 18.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 2.83 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 14.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 404.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 702 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 12
Shading units — 24
Total shaders — 288
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Announced May 2024 November 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9820
Official page — Samsung Exynos 9820 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
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 —
📘 2026-05-26(Tban) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(Erick Tcharles BR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-29(gayparad1488) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07(Xxfish7) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-11->Sergo67 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02->seraphim — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07->StarDragonPL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13(ODIN_MODE) — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Data manipulation score — 7575
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 18093
Video editing score — 5765
Web score — 7478
Writing score — 10112

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
1.Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus — 782239
2.Samsung Galaxy S10 — 747257
3.Samsung Galaxy S10e — 724233
Phones with Exynos 9820 — AnTuTu v11

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