Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

43/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 4 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 782907 411404
GPU 1029236 217586
Memory 305749 154808
Total score 2777287 1027925
UX 659395 244127

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.63 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A715)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A715)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A510)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2630 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X63

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 155 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 92.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 55.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 101.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 395.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.9 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 15.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 998.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 975 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 512
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Announced October 2023 November 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7550-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
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 2880 x 1800
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-07-10(Arafat) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(Kirei) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-15(Iulitic211Rg) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20(Tapnbridge) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Raad) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Baclaven) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 10354
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 25101
Video editing score — 7333
Web score — 12784
Writing score — 12578

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
1.Motorola Edge 50 Pro — 1090709
10.Vivo T3 Pro 5G — 1014174
2.Honor 400 — 1087525
3.OnePlus Nord CE4 — 1051702
4.Honor 100 — 1045163
5.Vivo iQOO Z9 5G — 1027925
6.Vivo V30 — 1026500
7.Vivo V50 5G — 1018053
8.HTC U24 Pro — 1016461
9.Vivo iQOO Z9s Pro — 1015447
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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