Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

36/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 32.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
CPU 782907 306912
GPU 1029236 74254
Memory 305749 161784
Total score 2777287 737054
UX 659395 194104

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X62

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 139.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 9.21 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.45 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 88.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 65.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 53.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 99.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 227.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 25.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.04 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 676 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Announced October 2023 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6450
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 22 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
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 2.2, 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
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(LenslyWhite) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(Iuli) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(Abhishek.b) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-27(Makasin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Julian Ludwig) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Andreu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 8252
Phones tested — 10 models
Photo editing score — 30771
Video editing score — 6838
Web score — 11087
Writing score — 12967

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
1.Oppo Reno 15 F — 865334
10.Motorola Moto G Stylus 5G (2023) — 727482
2.Oppo Reno 13 F 5G — 862042
3.Realme 12 Pro 5G — 812803
4.Oppo Reno 14 F 5G — 776077
5.Honor Magic 6 Lite — 764174
6.Honor X9c — 760332
7.Honor X60 Pro — 735282
8.Vivo T3x — 733620
9.Vivo iQOO Z9x 5G — 729289
Phones with Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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