Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
4400 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
9
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
2.75 MB
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
28
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TDP
20 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
Adreno 825
GPU frequency
1598 MHz
1150 MHz
Execution units
10
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Shading units
128
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
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1x 320MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
May 2024
Apr 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
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SM8735
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
2,186,467
Geekbench 6
3,767
2,159
Geekbench 6
14,677
7,227
FP32 (float)
4,090
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.