Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
2x 3.8 GHz –6x 3.32 GHz –
Frequency
4400 MHz
3800 MHz
Cores
9
8
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
192 KB
-
L2 cache
16 MB
-
Process
3 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
28
-
TDP
20 W
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
Adreno 829
GPU frequency
1598 MHz
1200 MHz
Execution units
10
-
Shading units
128
512
Vulkan version
-
1.4
OpenCL version
-
3.0
DirectX version
-
12.1

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 Gb/s

AI

NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
-

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
3840 x 2540
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 320MP

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
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
May 2024
Nov 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
-
SM8845
Official page
-

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
3,561,559
Geekbench 6
3,767
2,749
Geekbench 6
14,677
9,860
FP32 (float)
4,090
2,457