Apple M4 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

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

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Graphics test 26 FPS —
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU 915032 216553
GPU 1135331 30227
Memory 349968 103694
Total score 3116013 510711
UX 715682 160187

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 10 8
Frequency 4410 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 192 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 11 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 X12
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 89.8 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 4.96 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 0.55 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 52.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 41.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 31.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 83.2 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 9.43 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 2.57 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 3 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 0.42 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 229.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 895 MHz
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 1
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 128
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Announced May 2024 December 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6150-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
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 —
📘 2025-01-10(zafarchik) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-10-21(Rainx) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-30(Twilight) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-07(Sayato) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 101080 x 2400
Fortnite — 24 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 14 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 48 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 41 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 54 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Data manipulation score — 6444
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 14635
Video editing score — 5351
Web score — 6057
Writing score — 9952

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 — 510711
Phones with Snapdragon 678 — AnTuTu v11

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