Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G90T

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G90T (28/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio G90T
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G90T

28/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 28.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 79%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 1 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 2.0

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
CPU 782907 198415
GPU 1029236 52862
Memory 305749 100731
Total score 2777287 496788
UX 659395 144780

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.05 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 12

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 91.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.01 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.83 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 55.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 47.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 35.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 62.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 273.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 18 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.56 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 10 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 5.69 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 153.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 800 MHz
Pipelines 9 4
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 1152 96
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Announced October 2023 July 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6785V/CC
Official page — MediaTek Helio G90T official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G99

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB 10 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 64MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
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(Joe) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-08(dizz_tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-26(Drakarys) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-10(Edward) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-01(Suraj) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(hizuro) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-19(Ammar) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Call of Duty: Mobile — 41 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 29 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 27 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 55 FPS[High]
PUBG Mobile — 52 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 46 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
Data manipulation score — 6971
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 18399
Video editing score — 5648
Web score — 7027
Writing score — 8199

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G90T
1.Realme 6 — 502895
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro — 495638
Phones with Helio G90T — AnTuTu v11

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