Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 9500

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 9500 (96/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 9500
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 9500

96/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 96.0 Excellent
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 95.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Graphics test 20 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 55 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 52 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 43 FPS
Stability 70% 57%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 100 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 990

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
CPU 782907 991635
GPU 1029236 1343858
Memory 305749 348931
Total score 2777287 3455738
UX 659395 771314

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 4.21 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.5 GHz – C1-Premium4x 2.7 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 4210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.3-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 9 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 16 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10700 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 397.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 40.9 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 1.31 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 26.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 1.68 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 328.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 292.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.78 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 234.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 328.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3324.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 109.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 10.3 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 29 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 91.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 5271.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1716 MHz
Pipelines 9 12
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Announced October 2023 September 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — MT6993
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 9500 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
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 —
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
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PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
Data manipulation score — 12159
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 34571
Video editing score — 5995
Web score — 14375
Writing score — 22695

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 9500
1.Vivo iQOO 15T — 4704310
10.Xiaomi 17T Pro — 3323591
2.Honor Magic 8 Pro Air — 4430255
3.Xiaomi Redmi K90 Max — 3760662
4.Vivo X300s — 3703823
5.Vivo X300 Pro — 3587829
6.Oppo Find X9 Pro — 3508681
7.OnePlus Ace 6 Ultra — 3429868
8.Oppo Find X9 — 3400423
9.Vivo X300 — 3330801
Phones with Dimensity 9500 — AnTuTu v11

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