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Apple M4 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 4.46 GHz
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M4
100 %
Apple M4 (10 Core)
Qualcomm Adreno 660 AV1
AI performance (NPU)
Apple M4
100 %
9C / 9T · 0.91 GHz
8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple M4 (7) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (2) |
| Architecture | M4 | Kryo 680 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M3 | |
| Successor | Apple M5 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 9 / 9 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 3x Donan P-Core 0.91 - 4.46 GHz |
1x Kryo 680 Prime 3.00 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Donan E-Core 0.90 - 2.85 GHz |
3x Kryo 680 Gold 1.80 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Kryo 680 Silver 0 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M4 (10 Core) | Qualcomm Adreno 660 AV1 |
| GPU frequency | 0.34 - 1.58 GHz | 0.84 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 160 / 1280 | / |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 24 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q1/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Qualcomm AI engine |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | Hexagon 780 @ 32 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 20 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M4 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+ |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME | |
| Release date | Q2/2024 | Q3/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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