Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 1080

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M3 (iPad) (97/100)

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 1080 (37/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 1080
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 1080

37/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 33.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 3.0

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
CPU 782907 286757
GPU 1029236 76903
Memory 305749 134935
Total score 2777287 731937
UX 659395 233342

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 4 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 121.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 7.24 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.73 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 81 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 63 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 48.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 89.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 422.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 23.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 25 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 7.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 9 4
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 128
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Announced October 2023 October 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6877V/TTZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 1080 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
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 —
📘 2026-05-28->Ahmet-256378 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-19(Lima) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-21(Nemhee) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-13(MitexzZen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-13->BitexzZen — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(Eyy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(Thomaz Tescaro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Ditthaze) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Call of Duty: Mobile — 38 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 37 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 86 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 57 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 62 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 83 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
Data manipulation score — 10634
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 18941
Video editing score — 7467
Web score — 10948
Writing score — 14594

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1080
1.Realme 10 Pro Plus — 836536
2.Samsung Galaxy A34 5G — 741627
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro Plus 5G — 713820
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G — 713462
Phones with Dimensity 1080 — AnTuTu v11

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