Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 34)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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 855
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor
DeviceBenchmark Score — 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 86%
Graphics test — 5 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 690

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
CPU 915032 314517
GPU 1135331 125449
Memory 349968 150134
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 234413
Total score — 824513

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache — 512 KB
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W
Transistor count — 6.7 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 X24 LTE, X50 5G
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 20
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 5000 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 1240 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
API Metal OpenCL
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 89.3 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 29 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 126.8 MB/sec
Background blur — 9.07 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 1.84 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.15 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 74.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 57.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 88 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 444 FPS
Photo processing — 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.06 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 8.72 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 898.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 585 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 3
Shading units — 256
Total shaders — 768
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Announced May 2024 December 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8150
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 — 34.13 Gb/s
Max size — 16 GB
Memory frequency — 2133 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.0
Video capture — 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
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 —
📘 2026-05-04(Joshua Z) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-05-11(Inok) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(putra) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Fravo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(Valdemiro pega tatu cósmico) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(long tran) — GeekBench GPU

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Call of Duty: Mobile — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 57 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 51 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Data manipulation score — 8239
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 22485
Video editing score — 5956
Web score — 8813
Writing score — 13084

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
1.Sony Xperia 1 — 891237
2.Google Pixel 4 — 862803
3.OnePlus 7 Pro — 841922
4.Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro — 835186
5.Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite — 818155
6.Xiaomi Mi 9 — 786843
7.Sony Xperia 5 — 782567
8.Google Pixel 4 XL — 775747
Phones with Snapdragon 855 — AnTuTu v11

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