M4 (iPad) vs A20 Pro
We compared the 10-core Apple M4 (iPad) (custom) with the newer 6-core A20 Pro (Apple A20 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)
- Has 4 more cores
- Performs 30% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- 12% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4410 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
- Shows better (up to 10%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 3116K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 915032 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1135331 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 349968 | 418755 |
| UX | 715682 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3116013 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [3 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 501.5 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 305.6 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 317.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 416.7 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 461.1 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 54.3 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 139.8 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 14.9 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 7 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 103 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 124.8 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 1.7 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 2.32 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 2.8 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 164.7 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 4657.1 FPS | - |
| API | Metal | - |
| Samples | 6 tests | - |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 3477 | 4263 |
| Stability | 71% | - |
| Graphics test | 26 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 14286 | 17850 |
| Graphics test | 54 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 63 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 56 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 43 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
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 A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of M4 (iPad) and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 4x 4.41 GHz β 6x 2.85 GHz β |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 10 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4410 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 28 billion | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | - | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | - | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1470 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 7 |
| Shading units | - | 128 |
| Total shaders | - | 896 |
| FLOPS | 3763.2 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 38 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 7500 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 8x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 120 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2752 x 2064 | - |
| Max camera resolution | - | 3x 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 | Apple C2 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | May 2024 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1Y01 |
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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