Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9300

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9300 (78/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 9300
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9300

78/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 80.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Graphics test 20 FPS 13 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 32 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 30 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 25 FPS
Stability 70% 68%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 790

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
CPU 782907 740213
GPU 1029236 789881
Memory 305749 362038
Total score 2777287 2447714
UX 659395 555582

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7 W
Transistor count 25 billion 22.7 billion
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7900 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — MediaTek T830

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 299.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 12.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.86 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 219.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 218.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.67 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 162.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 258.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3109.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 60.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 8.03 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 9 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 29.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 3993.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 9 12
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Announced October 2023 November 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — MT6989
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9300 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5T

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
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 —
📘 2026-05-06(diabetz) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-07(Kelol6554) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-17(lnz) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-08(holu096) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-10(Mnich) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10(Mnich.cz) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
Data manipulation score — 12096
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 28882
Video editing score — 5651
Web score — 11741
Writing score — 22861

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9300
1.Vivo X100 Pro — 2450986
2.Vivo X100 — 2447714
3.Oppo Find X7 — 2324032
Phones with Dimensity 9300 — AnTuTu v11

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