Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (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 680
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 680

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 680
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 19.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
CPU 782907 185604
GPU 1029236 26544
Memory 305749 114814
Total score 2777287 424216
UX 659395 97254

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.9 GHz – Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53)
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 —
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13
Modem — X11

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 85.7 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 2.98 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.16 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 49.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 43.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 15.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 59.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 26.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.59 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 35 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 1.48 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 285.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1114 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 680
Announced October 2023 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — SM6225
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 64MP, 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 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
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 —
📘 2026-08-10(Anonim) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(adverse) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-18(Hà Xuân Phúc) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-18(Rio Aditama) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Mohammed) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-21->a05stech — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Low]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 111080 x 2400
Fortnite — 23 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 54 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends — 65 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 62 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
Data manipulation score — 6097
Phones tested — 16 models
Photo editing score — 14785
Video editing score — 4072
Web score — 7531
Writing score — 8535

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
1.Motorola Moto G Play (2024) — 438642
10.Huawei Nova Y91 — 416629
2.Huawei Nova 13i — 437797
3.Samsung Galaxy A05s — 434109
4.Honor X7 — 430527
5.Motorola Moto G32 — 430185
6.Oppo A96 — 430045
7.Motorola Moto G52 — 429690
8.Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 — 427429
9.Xiaomi Redmi 10C — 421228
Phones with Snapdragon 680 — AnTuTu v11

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