Apple M4 iPad vs Apple M1 iPad
We compared two versions of tablet SoCs: 9 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
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (4.09 TFLOPS vs 2.617 TFLOPS )
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
FP32 (float)
Apple M4 iPad
+56%
4090
Apple M1 iPad
2617
CPU
4x 4.4 GHz –
5x 2.85 GHz –
5x 2.85 GHz –
Architecture
4x 2.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
4x 3.2 GHz – Icestorm
4400 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
9
Cores
8
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
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
1598 MHz
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
10
Execution units
8
128
Shading units
128
24
Max size
16
4.09 TFLOPS
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
-
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
38 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
11 TOPS
Multimedia (ISP)
Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2064 x 2752
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Snapdragon X70
Modem
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
Yes
Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
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
