M4 (iPad) vs A18 Pro
We compared the 10-core Apple M4 (iPad) (custom) with the newer 6-core A18 Pro (Apple A18 Pro GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple M4 (iPad)
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (120 against 60 GB/s)
- Has 4 more cores
- Shows significantly better (up to 75%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3116K vs 1782K
- Performs 64% better in floating-point computations
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (4410 vs 4050 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 915032 | 521852 |
| GPU | 1135331 | 562674 |
| Memory | 349968 | 187942 |
| UX | 715682 | 509731 |
| Total score | 3116013 | 1782199 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | [15 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 501.5 MB/sec | 299.9 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 305.6 pages/sec | 191.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 317.1 Mpixels/sec | 196.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 416.7 images/sec | 319.6 images/sec |
| HDR | 461.1 Mpixels/sec | 289.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 54.3 images/sec | 37.6 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 139.8 images/sec | 91 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.9 Mpixels/sec | 9.03 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 7 tests | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 103 images/sec | 62.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 124.8 images/sec | 78.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 1.7 Gpixels/sec | 0.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 2.32 Gpixels/sec | 1.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.8 Gpixels/sec | 1.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 164.7 Gpixels/sec | 100 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4657.1 FPS | 3659.7 FPS |
| API | Metal | Metal |
| Samples | 6 tests | 7 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3477 | 1732 |
| Stability | 71% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 26 FPS | 13 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 14286 | 7585 |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | 29 FPS |
| Section 1 | 63 FPS | 35 FPS |
| Section 2 | 56 FPS | 30 FPS |
| Section 3 | 43 FPS | 21 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Apple M4 (iPad)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 57080 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3907 / 15397 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Lexapes) | AnTuTu 11 | 3396741 |
| π 2026-08-03 (Astreeek) | AnTuTu 11 | 2940000 |
| π 2026-04-26 (BG-M4-User) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 52952 |
Apple A18 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-27 (FontFrontPromptORG) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 3087 / 8369 |
| π 2026-09-23 -> Rappzzzz | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-20 (thuanday) | AnTuTu 11 | 2043169 |
| π 2026-09-17 (Jonibek) | AnTuTu 11 | 1692383 |
| π 2026-08-21 (Neuron) | AnTuTu 11 | 1500141 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of M4 (iPad) and A18 ProCPU
| Architecture | 4x 4.41 GHz β 6x 2.85 GHz β |
2x 4.05 GHz β Everest 4x 2.42 GHz β Sawtooth |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4410 MHz | 4050 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 28 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 10 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | - | Apple A18 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | - | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1470 MHz | 1490 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 6 |
| Shading units | - | 128 |
| Total shaders | - | 768 |
| FLOPS | 3763.2 Gigaflops | 2289 Gigaflops |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 38 TOPS | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 7500 MHz | 3750 MHz |
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 120 Gb/s | 60 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | - |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X71 | Snapdragon X71 5G |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | May 2024 | September 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1V07 |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
Further details
Notes on M4 (iPad):
- There is slightly slower (5-7%) version of M4 that uses 3 performance + 6 efficiency cores array in 256GB/512GB models of iPad Pro.
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