Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M4 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (99 vs 50)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus

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 888 Plus
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent —
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
DeviceBenchmark Score — 50.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 97%
Graphics test — 7 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine —
Neural processor (NPU) — Hexagon 780

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
CPU 915032 427402
GPU 1135331 237850
Memory 349968 183144
Total score 3116013 —
UX 715682 360388
Total score — 1208784

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2995 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
Instruction set — ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache — 512 KB
L2 cache — 1 MB
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 8 W
Transistor count — 10.3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 X60
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 22
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3000 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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 124 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 3 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 168.9 MB/sec
Background blur — 14.4 images/sec
Edge detection — 0.46 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 5.76 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 0.38 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 108.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 89.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 136.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 552.5 FPS
Photo processing — 34.3 images/sec
Ray tracing — 4.61 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 6.49 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1290.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz —
DirectX version — 12.1
GPU frequency — 840 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 888 Plus
Announced May 2024 June 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8350-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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 — 51.2 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution — 3840 x 2160
Storage type — UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture — 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback — 8K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
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 —
📘 2024-04-04(Katzel) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-05-04(Marcel Pipek) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-09-18(edge30fusionhype) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-12-08(WrongButton) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-12-15(Lucas) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-22(kukuhatop2281337) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Data manipulation score — 10013
Photo editing score — 27933
Video editing score — 7477
Web score — 10869
Writing score — 14232

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
1.Motorola Edge 30 Fusion — 1208784
Phones with Snapdragon 888 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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