Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (44/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 44)
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 43)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

44/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 44.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 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 870
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 870
CPU 782907 378231
GPU 1029236 155526
Memory 305749 174975
Total score 2777287 1010069
UX 659395 301337

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.2 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 3200 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 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion 10.3 billion
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
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 870
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 160.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 12 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.04 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 108 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 86.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 80 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 116.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 650.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.41 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 34 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1029.1 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 670 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 870
Announced October 2023 January 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8250-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 870
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 870
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 —
📘 2026-08-11(Disnaro 🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13->EXR — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-22(DAP) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(fx_one_love) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Black Shark 41080 x 2400
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 49 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 88 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 102 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 107 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
Data manipulation score — 9987
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 28690
Video editing score — 5825
Web score — 11701
Writing score — 15274

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1.Xiaomi Black Shark 4 — 1077688
2.Realme GT Neo 2 — 1074464
3.OnePlus 9R — 1032318
4.Xiaomi Poco F3 — 1014957
5.Xiaomi Poco F4 — 1002919
6.Xiaomi 12X — 994972
7.Realme GT Neo 3T — 939442
Phones with Snapdragon 870 — AnTuTu v11

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