Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 (20/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 14)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

20/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 14.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 20.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 680

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
CPU 915032 131463
GPU 1135331 17357
Memory 349968 67653
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 66240
Total score — 282713

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5 W
Transistor count — 2 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 X12
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13
5G support — No
Download speed — Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 150 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec —
Background blur 54.3 images/sec —
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 124.8 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 37.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 416.7 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS —
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec —
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 7 tests 39 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 68 MB/sec
Background blur — 1.71 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 0.31 images/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 33.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 11 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 44.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 24.3 FPS
Photo processing — 8.66 images/sec
Ray tracing — 1.82 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 0.36 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 110.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 11
GPU frequency — 430 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.0

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Announced May 2024 October 2017
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SDM636
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 7500 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 5.3 Gb/s
Max size — 8 GB
Memory frequency — 1333 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 60FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 —
Video playback 4K at 60FPS —
Audio codecs — - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution — 1900 x 1200
Storage type — eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture — 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
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 —
📘 2026-02-28(diss74) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Data manipulation score — 4803
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 11463
Video editing score — 5085
Web score — 5148
Writing score — 6065

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 — 282713
Phones with Snapdragon 636 — AnTuTu v11

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