Apple M4 iPad vs Apple M2 iPad

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Apple M4 iPad Apple M2 iPad

We compared two versions of tablet SoCs: 10 cores 4400MHz Apple M4 iPad vs. 8 cores 3490MHz Apple M2 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 102.4GB/s)

Higher Frequency (4400MHz vs 3490MHz)

More modern manufacturing process (3nm vs 5nm)

Released 1 years and 11 months late

Apple M2 iPad Advantages

Lower TDP (15W vs 20W)

Score

Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

Apple M4 iPad +23%

2713488

Apple M2 iPad

2188966

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple M4 iPad +43%

3767

Apple M2 iPad

2623

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple M4 iPad +49%

14677

Apple M2 iPad

9803

Apple M4 iPad

VS

Apple M2 iPad

CPU

4x 4.4 GHz –
6x 2.88 GHz –

Architecture

4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard

4400 MHz

Frequency

3490 MHz

10

Cores

8

16 MB

L2 cache

16 MB

3 nm

Process

5 nm

28

Transistor count

20

20 W

TDP

15 W

TSMC

Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

Apple M4 GPU

GPU name

Apple M2 GPU

1470 MHz

GPU frequency

1398 MHz

10

Execution units

8

128

Shading units

128

24

Max size

24

-

FLOPS

2.918 TFLOPS

Memory

LPDDR5X

Memory type

LPDDR5

7500 MHz

Memory frequency

6400 MHz

4x 16 Bit

Bus

4x 16 Bit

120 Gbit/s

Max bandwidth

102.4 Gbit/s

AI

Apple Neural Engine

NPU

Yes

38 TOPS

Theoretical Performance

15.8 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

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Modem

-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24

4G support

LTE Cat. 24

Yes

5G support

Yes

-

Download speed

Up to 7500 Mbps

-

Upload speed

Up to 3000 Mbps

6

Wi-Fi

6

5.3

Bluetooth

5.0

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS

Info

May 2024

Announced

Jun 2022

Flagship

Class

Flagship

-

Model number

APL1109

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