Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 900

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 900 (35/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 900
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 900

35/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
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 900
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 900
CPU 782907 266132
GPU 1029236 71827
Memory 305749 150753
Total score 2777287 671241
UX 659395 182529

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2400 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 10 billion
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
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 900
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 120 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 7.34 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.74 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 76.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 64.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 45.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 73.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 403.2 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 21.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.23 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 5 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 7.08 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 230.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 900 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 900
Announced October 2023 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6877
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 900 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 7050

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 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 900
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 20MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
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 —
📘 2023-12-05(real estate agent) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2023-12-21(RAHHHHH) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2024-02-11(bork) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-04-07(Vishnu) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-01-23(Adit Tia Pratama) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-10(Arun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-04(Jeans) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
Data manipulation score — 9360
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 30860
Video editing score — 8031
Web score — 13144
Writing score — 19188

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 900
1.Samsung Galaxy M53 — 680628
2.Oppo Find X5 Lite — 671241
3.Infinix Zero 5G — 655806
Phones with Dimensity 900 — AnTuTu v11

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