Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 48)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

50/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 50.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%
Graphics test — 5 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
CPU 915032 510448
GPU 1135331 270275
Memory 349968 193658
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 355555
Total score — 1329936

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv9-A
L2 cache — 512 KB
L3 cache — 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 4200 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 102.1 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 17 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 183.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 14.6 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 6.8 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 93.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 65.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 126.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 939.1 FPS
Photo processing — 30.1 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 36.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1177.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 1150 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 512
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Announced May 2024 May 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 — 33.6 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 4200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP
Max display resolution — 2880 x 1800
Storage type — UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
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 —
📘 2026-06-13(Пaвeл) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(Wal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(THAKUR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03(Petros@n) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Aman Sthapak) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Ankit) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 8849
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 34842
Video editing score — 7010
Web score — 17005
Writing score — 20163

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1.Honor 600 — 1426281
10.Realme 15 Pro 5G — 1251276
2.Vivo V70 — 1410609
3.Oppo Reno 15 — 1394716
4.Realme 16 Pro Plus — 1392392
5.Motorola Edge 70 — 1368100
6.Nothing Phone (4a) Pro — 1355225
7.Oppo Reno 15c — 1307414
8.Realme P4 Pro 5G — 1282176
9.Vivo V60 — 1257854
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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