Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 4
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Frequency
4400 MHz
2400 MHz
Cores
9
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
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L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
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Process
3 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
28
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TDP
20 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
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GPU frequency
1598 MHz
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Execution units
10
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Shading units
128
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
25.6 Gb/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 2.2
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
2520 x 1080
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
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1x 200MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.4
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
May 2024
Oct 2025
Class
Flagship
Mid range
Model number
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SM6435-AA
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
543,361
Geekbench 6
3,767
1,008
Geekbench 6
14,677
2,479
FP32 (float)
4,090
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.