Apple M4 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G2

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G2 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor G2
Google

Google Tensor G2

49/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Graphics test 26 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 78%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
CPU 915032 384056
GPU 1135331 278383
Memory 349968 220709
Total score 3116013 1186373
UX 715682 303255

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Exynos 5300g
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 149.9 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 3.96 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 105.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 99.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 110.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 972.6 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 35.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 4.26 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 11.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 759.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 848 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 64
Total shaders — 448
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Announced May 2024 October 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS201 (S5P9855)
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
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 —
📘 2026-07-11(zeesun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(klaut) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Ndraa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20->Dnhlst244. — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(XHV150) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Th3Vulkan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(shu-) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06->shu- — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Data manipulation score — 11061
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 18842
Video editing score — 6434
Web score — 7923
Writing score — 15053

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
1.Google Pixel 7 — 1203381
2.Google Pixel 7a — 1126520
3.Google Pixel 7 Pro — 1122581
4.Google Pixel Fold — 859865
Phones with Tensor G2 — AnTuTu v11

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