Apple M4 (iPad) vs Google Tensor

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor
Google

Google Tensor

47/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

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

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
CPU 915032 365546
GPU 1135331 169803
Memory 349968 178763
Total score 3116013 1010025
UX 715682 295913

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 5.6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
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 5300b
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
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
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 159.8 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 14.1 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.5 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 7.31 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 119.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 97.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 83.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 138.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 1368.9 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 30.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 3.44 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 39.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1085.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 850 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 20
Shading units — 32
Total shaders — 640
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
Announced May 2024 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS101 (S5P9845)
Official page — Google Tensor official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
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
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 —
📘 2026-05-24(Tимyp) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-30(Khakan Ali) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-27(Ash) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Hypermini) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Mimo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-04(nguyen van nguyen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Paranoid _Antost — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(duwi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
Data manipulation score — 10310
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 19072
Video editing score — 5884
Web score — 7105
Writing score — 15550

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor
1.Google Pixel 6a — 1015493
2.Google Pixel 6 Pro — 1010025
3.Google Pixel 6 — 990213
Phones with Google Tensor — AnTuTu v11

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