Apple M4 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8450

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8450 (67/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8450
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8450

67/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 67.0 Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Graphics test 26 FPS 11 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS 27 FPS
Section 2 56 FPS 25 FPS
Section 3 43 FPS 22 FPS
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
CPU 915032 656057
GPU 1135331 641242
Memory 349968 256365
Total score 3116013 2016572
UX 715682 462908

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
L3 cache — 6 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 7 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 281.1 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 24 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.69 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 11.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.64 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 200.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 197.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 138.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 233.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 1728.6 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 55.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 7.2 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 36.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 2329.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 1300 MHz
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 896
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Announced May 2024 May 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8450 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
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 320MP, 3x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
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 —
📘 2026-05-05(Rutam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-29(Peanut) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-30(ALONE EMPEROR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-10(Sinif2011) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14->AndroSid — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-19->AndroSid — GeekBench GPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
Data manipulation score — 11708
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 37896
Video editing score — 7667
Web score — 24385
Writing score — 22929

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8450
1.Oppo Reno 15 Pro Max — 2131620
2.Oppo Reno 15 Pro — 2057699
3.Oppo Reno 14 Pro — 2048465
4.Oppo Reno 15 Pro Mini — 2031580
5.Oppo K13 Turbo — 1990099
Phones with Dimensity 8450 — AnTuTu v11

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