Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

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

Both devices are evenly matched with an overall score of 97/100.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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[ WINNER ]
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent 97.0 Excellent
Performance 98.0 Excellent 99.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Graphics test 20 FPS 20 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 52 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 46 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 40 FPS
Stability 70% 67%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
CPU 782907 1112833
GPU 1029236 1494722
Memory 305749 442350
Total score 2777287 3950082
UX 659395 900177

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 4.61 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Prime6x 3.63 GHz – Oryon Gen 3 Performance
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 4610 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 12500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X85

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 421.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 24.9 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 2.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 308.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 238 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.72 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 330.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 286.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 4390.2 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 98.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 14.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 79 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 115.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 3686.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1200 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Announced October 2023 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8850-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2540
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-21(Noora) AnTuTu —
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📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-19->2295031556Leon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Ilya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(q_l8) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Ang3L4D — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Edwin3q) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(erosado-pr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(freqr) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Data manipulation score — 15949
Phones tested — 13 models
Photo editing score — 40273
Video editing score — 8052
Web score — 16855
Writing score — 26073

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro Plus — 4716234
10.Honor Magic 8 — 4037547
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11S Pro — 4678468
3.Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra — 4602290
4.Vivo X300 Ultra — 4247433
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro Plus — 4244509
6.Oppo Find X9 Ultra — 4231988
7.Honor Robot Phone — 4166339
8.Honor Magic V6 — 4166339
9.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Pro — 4117238
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 — AnTuTu v11

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