Apple M3 (iPad) vs Apple M4 (iPad)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M4 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER
Performance 98.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Graphics test 20 FPS 26 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 63 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 56 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 43 FPS
Stability 70% 71%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 38 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
CPU 782907 915032
GPU 1029236 1135331
Memory 305749 349968
Total score 2777287 3116013
UX 659395 715682

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz –
Cores 8 10
Frequency 4050 MHz 4410 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion 28 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X71

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
API Metal Metal
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 501.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 2.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 124.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 2.8 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 461.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 305.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 1.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 416.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 317.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 4657.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 139.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 14.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 7 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 164.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 3763.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1470 MHz
Pipelines 9 —
Shading units 128 —
Total shaders 1152 —

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Announced October 2023 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 120 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 7500 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP —
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2752 x 2064
Storage type NVMe NVMe
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Apple M4 (iPad)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-21(Noora) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-22(Noora) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-08(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-12(Kaimen) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2024-07-01(Aoul) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-07-10(Vlad) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-09-13(Yusuf baser) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-04-26(BG-M4-User) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-03(Astreeek) — AnTuTu

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