Apple M1 iPad vs Apple M4 iPad

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Apple M1 iPad Apple M4 iPad

We compared two versions of tablet SoCs: 8 cores 3200MHz Apple M1 iPad vs. 10 cores 4400MHz Apple M4 iPad . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Main Differences

Apple M1 iPad Advantages

Lower TDP (14W vs 20W)

Apple M4 iPad Advantages

Larger memory bandwidth (120GB/s vs 68.25GB/s)

Higher Frequency (4400MHz vs 3200MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Released 3 years and 6 months late

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple M1 iPad

1709057

Apple M4 iPad +58%

2713488

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M1 iPad

2304

Apple M4 iPad +63%

3767

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M1 iPad

8422

Apple M4 iPad +74%

14677

Apple M1 iPad

VS

Apple M4 iPad

CPU

4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm

Architecture

4x 4.4 GHz –
6x 2.88 GHz –

3200 MHz

Frequency

4400 MHz

8

Cores

10

12 MB

L2 cache

16 MB

5 nm

Process

3 nm

16

Transistor count

28

14 W

TDP

20 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Apple M1 GPU

GPU name

Apple M4 GPU

1278 MHz

GPU frequency

1470 MHz

8

Execution units

10

128

Shading units

128

16

Max size

24

2.617 TFLOPS

FLOPS

-

Memory

LPDDR4X

Memory type

LPDDR5X

4266 MHz

Memory frequency

7500 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

68.25 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

120 Gbit/s

AI

Yes

NPU

Apple Neural Engine

11 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

38 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Yes

Neural processor (NPU)

Apple Neural Engine

NVMe

Storage type

NVMe

2732 x 2048

Max display resolution

-

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG

Video codecs

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

-

Modem

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

Yes

5G support

Yes

Up to 7500 Mbps

Download speed

-

Up to 2500 Mbps

Upload speed

-

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.0

Bluetooth

5.3

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Nov 2020

Announced

May 2024

Flagship

Class

Flagship

APL1102

Model number

-

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