Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 35.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 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 778G
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 770

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
CPU 782907 326426
GPU 1029236 101452
Memory 305749 119484
Total score 2777287 783606
UX 659395 236244

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — X53

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 157.1 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 91.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 70.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 55.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 113.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 370.4 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.17 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 68 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 5.75 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 563.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 550 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 512
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Announced October 2023 May 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7325
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 782G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
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 778G
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 36MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2, UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
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->VoidxEo — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(juguilon54) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18->juguilon54 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Aaron) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10->SynX — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(CarlosSM) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(kat) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 42 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Oppo Realme GT Master Edition1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 53 FPS[High]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 59 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 49 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 94 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
Data manipulation score — 9642
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 24463
Video editing score — 6994
Web score — 10945
Writing score — 14285

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
1.Motorola Edge (2021) — 825910
10.Oppo Reno 10 Pro 5G — 780824
2.Xiaomi Poco X5 Pro — 813720
3.Huawei Nova 11 — 808054
4.Motorola Edge 20 — 804228
5.Honor 50 — 800677
6.Huawei Nova 9 — 798218
7.Vivo V29 — 795977
8.Xiaomi 11 Lite 5G NE — 791030
9.Xiaomi 12 Lite — 781542
Phones with Snapdragon 778G — AnTuTu v11

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