Apple M4 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 990

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 990 (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Samsung Exynos 990
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 990

40/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Graphics test 26 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 73%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS 15 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
CPU 915032 370196
GPU 1135331 130687
Memory 349968 151878
Total score 3116013 907140
UX 715682 254379

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 2 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 9 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Exynos 5123
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 139.9 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 10.4 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 3.84 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 98.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 66.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 99.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 955.5 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 30.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.92 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 585.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 832 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 11
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 352
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Announced May 2024 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9830
Official page — Samsung Exynos 990 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
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 —
📘 2026-06-20(Rei Zero) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Yiannis Mihai) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09(SamsungS8hype) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(Vinny) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Ctvy970) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(Chryso27) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(TimFire) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SamsungS8Hype — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Data manipulation score — 8823
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 30928
Video editing score — 6884
Web score — 10705
Writing score — 11422

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
1.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra — 918508
2.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 — 913920
3.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE — 909679
4.Samsung Galaxy S20 — 907140
5.Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra — 901346
6.Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus — 874382
Phones with Exynos 990 — AnTuTu v11

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