Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple M4 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
Frequency
3100 MHz
4400 MHz
Cores
6
9
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
128 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
5 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
11.8
28
TDP
6 W
20 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Apple M4 GPU
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
1598 MHz
Execution units
4
10
Shading units
64
128

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
7500 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
120 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
2064 x 2752
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Sep 2020
May 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1W01
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
38 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,061,696
2,713,488
FP32 (float)
654
4,090
Geekbench 6
-
3,767
Geekbench 6
-
14,677