Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Graphics test 20 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
CPU 782907 216553
GPU 1029236 30227
Memory 305749 103694
Total score 2777287 510711
UX 659395 160187

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB 16 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 256 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 11 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 12
Modem — X12

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 89.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 4.96 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.55 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 52.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 41.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 31.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 48.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 83.2 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 9.43 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.57 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 3 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 0.42 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 229.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 895 MHz
Pipelines 9 1
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 128
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Announced October 2023 December 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6150-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 678 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
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 678
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 —
📘 2025-01-10(zafarchik) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-10-21(Rainx) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-30(Twilight) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-07(Sayato) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 101080 x 2400
Fortnite — 24 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 14 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 48 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 41 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 54 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
Data manipulation score — 6444
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 14635
Video editing score — 5351
Web score — 6057
Writing score — 9952

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 678
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 10 — 510711
Phones with Snapdragon 678 — AnTuTu v11

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