Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

52/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 63%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
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 Gen 1
CPU 782907 490530
GPU 1029236 202615
Memory 305749 221583
Total score 2777287 1294871
UX 659395 380143

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5.3 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 6 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X65

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 151.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 4.42 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.41 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 119.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 104.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 88.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 124.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1079.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.49 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 54 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1675.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 818 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1024
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Announced October 2023 December 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8450
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
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 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
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 —
📘 2026-06-30(Cyrus) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09(Clem) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-15->Aura_Test_King — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-01(Abdullah) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Hireath) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-20(Jonath) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco F4 GT1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 42 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 40 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 89 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 114 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 10976
Phones tested — 16 models
Photo editing score — 27827
Video editing score — 7311
Web score — 13237
Writing score — 15631

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1.Samsung Galaxy S23 FE (Snapdragon) — 1436963
10.Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra (Snapdragon) — 1281285
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7 — 1384444
3.Motorola Edge Plus (2022) — 1352691
4.Xiaomi 12 Pro — 1349808
5.Xiaomi 12 — 1322176
6.Sony Xperia 1 IV — 1320406
7.Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus (Snapdragon) — 1303326
8.Xiaomi Poco F4 GT — 1303229
9.Realme GT2 Pro — 1286054
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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