Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus (78/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 78)
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 80)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus

78/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Graphics test 20 FPS 14 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 24 FPS
Stability 70% 91%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 790

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
CPU 782907 703826
GPU 1029236 790915
Memory 305749 326393
Total score 2777287 2348248
UX 659395 527114

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.4 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7.3 W
Transistor count 25 billion 22.7 billion
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — MediaTek T830

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 300.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 25.8 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 12 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.84 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 204.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.69 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 161.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 254.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3146.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 69 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 7.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 38 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 30.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 9 12
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Announced October 2023 May 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — MT6989, MT6989W/TCZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5T

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 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 —
📘 2026-06-23->AGZL — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-10(Sony elison) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(sfxyt) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-27(Phil) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Mouh_ch) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(Chấp hết) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Olliver1006) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
Data manipulation score — 12937
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 29738
Video editing score — 5576
Web score — 12141
Writing score — 22352

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300 Plus
1.Realme Neo 7 — 2550332
10.Vivo X200 FE — 2140421
2.Vivo iQOO Neo 9S Pro — 2439634
3.Vivo x100s Pro — 2432004
4.Vivo iQOO Z9 Turbo Plus — 2401319
5.Xiaomi Redmi K70 Ultra — 2384849
6.Vivo S30 Pro mini — 2316832
7.Vivo T4 Ultra — 2286808
8.Xiaomi 14T Pro — 2283895
9.Vivo X100s — 2233931
Phones with Dimensity 9300 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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