Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 990

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 990 (40/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 990
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 990

40/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 39.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 73%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 15 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
CPU 782907 370196
GPU 1029236 130687
Memory 305749 151878
Total score 2777287 907140
UX 659395 254379

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.73 GHz – Exynos M52x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A764x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 9 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5123

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 139.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 10.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.84 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 98.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 80.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 66.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 99.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 955.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 30.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.92 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 15.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 585.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 832 MHz
Pipelines 9 11
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 352
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Announced October 2023 October 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9830
Official page — Samsung Exynos 990 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
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) Samsung Exynos 990
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
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 —
📘 2026-06-20(Rei Zero) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(Yiannis Mihai) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09(SamsungS8hype) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(Vinny) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Ctvy970) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(Chryso27) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(TimFire) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16->SamsungS8Hype — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
Data manipulation score — 8823
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 30928
Video editing score — 6884
Web score — 10705
Writing score — 11422

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 990
1.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra — 918508
2.Samsung Galaxy Note 20 — 913920
3.Samsung Galaxy S20 FE — 909679
4.Samsung Galaxy S20 — 907140
5.Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra — 901346
6.Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus — 874382
Phones with Exynos 990 — AnTuTu v11

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