MediaTek Dimensity 8100 vs Apple M4 iPad

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
4x 4.4 GHz –5x 2.85 GHz –
Frequency
2850 MHz
4400 MHz
Cores
8
9
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L3 cache
0
-
Process
5 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
20 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
-
192 KB
L2 cache
-
16 MB
Transistor count
-
28

Graphics

GPU name
Mali-G610 MP6
Apple M4 GPU
GPU frequency
860 MHz
1598 MHz
Execution units
6
10
Vulkan version
1.3
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12
-
Shading units
-
128

Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
7500 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
120 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
2960 x 1440
2064 x 2752
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 21
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 4700 Mbps
Up to 10000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 2500 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.3
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced
Mar 2022
May 2024
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
MT6895Z/TCZA
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Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
38 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
860,129
2,713,488
Geekbench 6
1,145
3,767
Geekbench 6
3,633
14,677
FP32 (float)
1,309
4,090