Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (90/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 92)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

90/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent
DeviceBenchmark Score — 90.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 51%
Graphics test — 18 FPS
Section 1 — 47 FPS
Section 2 — 41 FPS
Section 3 — 35 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 915032 893474
GPU 1135331 1133808
Memory 349968 427210
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 671910
Total score — 3126402

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv8-A
L1 cache — 192 KB
L2 cache — 12 MB
L3 cache — 8 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X80
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 315.8 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 148 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 367.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 32.7 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 21.6 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 1.75 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 223.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 234.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 257 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 3848 FPS
Photo processing — 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing — 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 96.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 1100 MHz
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 512
Total shaders — 1536
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Announced May 2024 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB —
Memory frequency 7500 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 84.8 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 5300 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 320MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2540
Storage type — UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture — 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 —
📘 2026-08-19(Eiyuu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Sumiya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Apple Slayer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(S25 owner) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23([006]) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Vasy1163) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(zaido) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Dipsan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Data manipulation score — 16086
Phones tested — 36 models
Photo editing score — 39118
Video editing score — 8458
Web score — 21945
Writing score — 22647

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus — 3543672
10.Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra — 3247013
2.Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) — 3379591
3.Realme GT 8 (China) — 3336910
4.OnePlus Ace 6 — 3332530
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro — 3292097
6.Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro — 3290813
7.Honor GT Pro — 3280245
8.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Air — 3265219
9.Honor Win RT — 3249469
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) — AnTuTu v11

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