Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

41/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 37.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 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 865
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 698

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
CPU 782907 385127
GPU 1029236 148169
Memory 305749 166070
Total score 2777287 978910
UX 659395 279544

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion 10.3 billion
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 22
Modem — X55

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 149.1 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.97 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 106.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 87.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 77 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 125.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 567.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 52 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 9.05 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 901.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 587 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 768
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Announced October 2023 December 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8250-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 44 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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 —
📘 2026-07-21->lightareof — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Teddy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Catdors) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03->penguin_1234 — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-09(May) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Rennsport — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Call of Duty: Mobile — 61 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 30 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
Data manipulation score — 8658
Phones tested — 14 models
Photo editing score — 29642
Video editing score — 5874
Web score — 9557
Writing score — 14782

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1.Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro — 1049872
10.Xiaomi Poco F2 Pro — 970530
2.Xiaomi Mi 10T — 1005146
3.OnePlus 8 — 1003562
4.Oppo Find X2 Pro — 992401
5.OnePlus 8T — 990988
6.Sony Xperia 5 II — 986701
7.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G — 982474
8.Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro — 980370
9.Sony Xperia 1 II — 973499
Phones with Snapdragon 865 — AnTuTu v11

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