Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 730

30/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 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 730
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Qualcomm Hexagon 688

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
CPU 782907 220418
GPU 1029236 44373
Memory 305749 95755
Total score 2777287 502844
UX 659395 142298

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 470 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 470 Silver (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 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 800 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 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 15
Modem — X15

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 94.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.65 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 56.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 49 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 35.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 62.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 200 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 18.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.73 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.53 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 358.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 700 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Announced October 2023 April 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7150-AA
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 730 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
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 730
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
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 —
📘 2026-03-10(Donotcare) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-12(Rama) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-19(Breno) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-19(Fixis) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-06-21(Jim.0) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-22(Brian) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Call of Duty: Mobile — 36 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi9T1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 30 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[Medium]
Shadowgun Legends — 35 FPS[Medium]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
Data manipulation score — 7006
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 15521
Video editing score — 5546
Web score — 6861
Writing score — 9110

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 730
1.Samsung Galaxy A71 — 513272
2.Xiaomi Mi 9T — 502844
3.Samsung Galaxy M51 — 414283
Phones with Snapdragon 730 — AnTuTu v11

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