Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 (29/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

29/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 22.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Graphics test 26 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
CPU 915032 187609
GPU 1135331 47047
Memory 349968 88556
Total score 3116013 435710
UX 715682 112498

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 3 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Snapdragon X51
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 84.9 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 5.26 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 1.03 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 55.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 33.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 50 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 186 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 6.51 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 2.28 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 5 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 0.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 650 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 2
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 256
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Announced May 2024 January 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — SM4350
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
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 —
📘 2023-09-19(Guest #4) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2023-10-09(Jesús GR) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-01-01(J4CK) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-04-26(Izzy) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
Data manipulation score — 6917
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 15336
Video editing score — 3952
Web score — 6774
Writing score — 9524

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480
1.Nokia XR20 — 495104
2.Motorola Moto G50 — 446878
3.OnePlus Nord N200 5G — 435710
Phones with Snapdragon 480 — AnTuTu v11

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