Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio P35

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio P35 (21/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio P35
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio P35

21/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 21.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 14.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Graphics test 20 FPS —
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine No

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
CPU 782907 98565
GPU 1029236 12261
Memory 305749 48524
Total score 2777287 199111
UX 659395 39761

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A534x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 2.2 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 62.7 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 0.88 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.14 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 29.9 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 28.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 10.6 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 33.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 29.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 5.59 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 1.76 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 5 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 43.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 680 MHz
Pipelines 9 4
Shading units 128 8
Total shaders 1152 32
OpenCL version — 1.2
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Announced October 2023 December 2018
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — MT6765
Official page — MediaTek Helio P35 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G35

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 25MP, 2x 13MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2400 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
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 —
📘 2026-05-05(carol) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-17(A04) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-03(Renzs) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-10(Waiamdum) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-12->Karlue392007 — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-06-27->USAball386 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02(Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(Fintex) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
Data manipulation score — 4019
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 7357
Video editing score — 3869
Web score — 4493
Writing score — 5560

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio P35
1.Samsung Galaxy A12 — 204161
2.Samsung Galaxy A04e — 199111
3.Samsung Galaxy A04 — 194688
4.Samsung Galaxy A03s — 193935
5.Oppo A54 — 191639
6.Honor 8A — 174582
Phones with Helio P35 — AnTuTu v11

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