Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8100

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8100 (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 45)
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 43)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8100
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8100

45/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Graphics test 20 FPS 4 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 92%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 580

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
CPU 782907 408979
GPU 1029236 172618
Memory 305749 201895
Total score 2777287 1092605
UX 659395 309113

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 21
Modem — MediaTek UltraSave 2.0

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 181.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.66 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 131.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 108.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 88.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 134.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 849.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 32.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.87 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 19 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 9.79 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 660.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 860 MHz
Pipelines 9 6
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 1152 384
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Announced October 2023 March 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — MT6895Z/TCZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8100 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
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 —
📘 2026-04-27->Aeon — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-02(christoff) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(Khiemm) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10(LazyAdmiral8679) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-11(Mehedi Hassan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-09->Tem4k — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(bbgsqq) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(CrysTalesia) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — OnePlus Ace1080 x 2412
Fortnite — 26 FPS[High]
Genshin Impact — 57 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 59 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 77 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 74 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 98 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
Data manipulation score — 8309
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 19759
Video editing score — 7037
Web score — 11581
Writing score — 16904

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8100
1.Realme GT Neo 3 — 1144395
2.OnePlus Ace — 1138764
3.Xiaomi 12T — 1111150
4.Xiaomi Poco X4 GT — 1080106
5.OnePlus 10R — 1070373
6.Oppo Reno 8 Pro — 1050251
Phones with Dimensity 8100 — AnTuTu v11

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