Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G96

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G96 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio G96
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G96

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 97%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
CPU 782907 182454
GPU 1029236 44018
Memory 305749 129323
Total score 2777287 493222
UX 659395 137427

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 650 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 93.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.54 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.91 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 57.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 48.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 36 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 65.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 216.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 18.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.77 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 10 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.59 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 121.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 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 Helio G96
Announced October 2023 June 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6781
Official page — MediaTek Helio G96 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G99

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 10 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
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 —
📘 2026-01-23(sp4wai) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-05->VNSL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-21(bogdan1337) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-26(akbaar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-08(Nathaniel) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-16(Lahmacun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-22(PowerS) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20(Victor monteiiro) — GeekBench CPU

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Call of Duty: Mobile — 42 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 23 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 51 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 72 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 58 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 66 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
Data manipulation score — 7218
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 17332
Video editing score — 5051
Web score — 7155
Writing score — 9682

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G96
1.Tecno Camon 19 Pro — 550230
2.Realme 8i — 500517
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12S — 493222
4.Xiaomi Poco M4 Pro — 486348
5.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11S — 484747
6.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 Pro (Global) — 463453
Phones with Helio G96 — AnTuTu v11

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