Apple M3 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Google Tensor G3 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Google Tensor G3
Google

Google Tensor G3

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 74%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
CPU 782907 482403
GPU 1029236 384611
Memory 305749 218603
Total score 2777287 1409016
UX 659395 323399

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 9
Frequency 4050 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5300i

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 197.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 6.85 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 134.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 82.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 148.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1088 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 48.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 5.34 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 11.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1594.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 890 MHz
Pipelines 9 7
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 896
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Announced October 2023 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS301 (S5P9865)
Official page — Google Tensor G3 official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
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 —
📘 2026-03-14(Spilled coffee) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-16(Quan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-26(Bilal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-13->Spaikleonow — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29->tonymenny — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(Bilal Ahmed) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(reazz) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-05(s1mpick) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
1.Google Pixel 8 — 1443431
2.Google Pixel 8a — 1433693
3.Google Pixel 8 Pro — 1367231
Phones with Tensor G3 — AnTuTu v11

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