Apple M4 iPad vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
4400 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
9
4
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
192 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
28
2
TDP
20 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
1598 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
10
1
Shading units
128
256
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
120 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
38 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2064 x 2752
3840 x 2160
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Hexagon 680
Max camera resolution
-
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
2,713,488
-
Geekbench 6
3,767
391
Geekbench 6
14,677
797
FP32 (float)
4,090
334