Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
CPU 782907 203380
GPU 1029236 42600
Memory 305749 116281
Total score 2777287 513809
UX 659395 151548

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 5

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 93.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.65 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 61.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 49 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 38.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 66.7 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 217.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 17.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.93 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 12 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.63 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 123.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 962 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 64
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Announced October 2023 July 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6835, MT6835V/ZA, MT8755V/TZB
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 6400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17.07 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
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 —
📘 2026-02-13(Rojan magar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-18(Aihoshino) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-05(Akshansh) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-06(Walid) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-18(PG) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Gota) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — GeekBench GPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
Data manipulation score — 6820
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 19144
Video editing score — 4402
Web score — 8095
Writing score — 11954

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6100 Plus
1.Realme 12 5G — 551605
2.Xiaomi Redmi 13C 5G — 546817
3.Realme 12x 5G — 527928
4.TCL 50 5G — 521281
5.Samsung Galaxy Xcover 7 — 518777
6.Samsung Galaxy A15 5G — 507542
7.Xiaomi Poco M6 5G — 507519
8.Samsung Galaxy M15 — 477416
Phones with Dimensity 6100 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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