Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (77/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 77)
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 77)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

77/100
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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 3
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 77.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 12 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 36 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 31 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 26 FPS
Stability 70% 79%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
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 3
CPU 782907 700525
GPU 1029236 805478
Memory 305749 296043
Total score 2777287 2345563
UX 659395 543517

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 12 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 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 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X75

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 256.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 24 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.61 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.98 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 208.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 190.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.7 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 168.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 209.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3083.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 63.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 7.27 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 139 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 43.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 2774 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 903-1000 MHz
Pipelines 9 6
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Announced October 2023 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 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 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 —
📘 2026-08-19(PolNik) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(mitchi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Nipple Power) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Yanu Ptr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Thiện Black) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gadji Tæmæv) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(ThienBlack) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(AnONe) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 14260
Phones tested — 41 models
Photo editing score — 31248
Video editing score — 7905
Web score — 16536
Writing score — 19168

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro Plus — 2647478
10.Vivo iQOO 12 Pro — 2433337
2.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9S Pro — 2554897
3.ZTE Nubia Z60 Ultra — 2527231
4.Honor 300 Pro — 2508188
5.Asus ROG Phone 9 FE — 2486941
6.Xiaomi Redmi K70 Pro — 2486114
7.Asus ROG Phone 8 Pro — 2464181
8.Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 6 — 2456969
9.Asus Zenfone 11 Ultra — 2444132
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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