Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 vs Apple M4 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
Frequency
2342 MHz
4400 MHz
Cores
4
9
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
64 KB
192 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
28
TDP
11 W
20 W
Manufacturing
Samsung
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
Adreno 530
Apple M4 GPU
GPU frequency
653 MHz
1598 MHz
Execution units
1
10
Shading units
256
128
Vulkan version
1.0
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
1866 MHz
7500 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
29.8 Gbit/s
120 Gbit/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 680
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Storage type
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2064 x 2752
Max camera resolution
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
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Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 12
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 600 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.1
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Aug 2016
May 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MSM8996 Pro-AC
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AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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38 TOPS
Benchmark
Geekbench 6
391
3,767
Geekbench 6
797
14,677
FP32 (float)
334
4,090
AnTuTu 10
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2,713,488
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.