Apple M4 iPad vs Apple A18
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
4400 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
9
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
8 MB
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
28
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TDP
20 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
Apple A18 GPU
GPU frequency
1598 MHz
1490 MHz
Execution units
10
5
Shading units
128
128
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
3750 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
60 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
35 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
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Neural Engine
Max camera resolution
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1x 48MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
May 2024
Sep 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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APL1V08
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
1,622,118
Geekbench 6
3,767
3,466
Geekbench 6
14,677
8,592
FP32 (float)
4,090
1,907
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.