Apple M4 iPad vs Apple M1 iPad

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Apple M4 iPad Apple M1 iPad

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

Main Differences

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

Apple M1 iPad Advantages

Lower TDP (14W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple M4 iPad +58%

2713488

Apple M1 iPad

1709057

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 iPad +63%

3767

Apple M1 iPad

2304

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 iPad +74%

14677

Apple M1 iPad

8422

Apple M4 iPad

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Apple M1 iPad

CPU

4x 4.4 GHz –
6x 2.88 GHz –

Architecture

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

4400 MHz

Frequency

3200 MHz

10

Cores

8

16 MB

L2 cache

12 MB

3 nm

Process

5 nm

28

Transistor count

16

20 W

TDP

14 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Apple M4 GPU

GPU name

Apple M1 GPU

1470 MHz

GPU frequency

1278 MHz

10

Execution units

8

128

Shading units

128

24

Max size

16

-

FLOPS

2.617 TFLOPS

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR4X

7500 MHz

Memory frequency

4266 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

120 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

68.25 Gbit/s

AI

Apple Neural Engine

NPU

Yes

38 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

11 TOPS

Multimedia (ISP)

Apple Neural Engine

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

NVMe

Storage type

NVMe

-

Max display resolution

2732 x 2048

4K at 60FPS

Video capture

4K at 60FPS

Video playback

4K at 60FPS

H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9

Video codecs

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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

Yes

5G support

Yes

-

Download speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

-

Upload speed

Up to 2500 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.3

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Info

May 2024

Announced

Nov 2020

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

APL1102

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