Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 665

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 665

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 15.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
CPU 782907 147902
GPU 1029236 24130
Memory 305749 68847
Total score 2777287 329457
UX 659395 88578

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 11 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion 1.75 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
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, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13
Modem — X12

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 67.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 1.82 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.14 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 44.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 40.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 12.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 48.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 22.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 8.45 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 1.66 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 2 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 1.24 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 243.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 9 1
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 128
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Announced October 2023 April 2019
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6125
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
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- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
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 —
📘 2024-08-10(kyklisheee) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-10-29(Baster) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-13->Lol — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-09->Nurs — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-10->Nurs — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-05(Thomas 🇧🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-10(bang) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(SR Saani) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Call of Duty: Mobile — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 30 FPS[High]
PUBG Mobile — 29 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 53 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 57 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
Data manipulation score — 5151
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 11822
Video editing score — 5062
Web score — 6072
Writing score — 6677

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 665
1.Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T — 350459
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 — 329457
Phones with Snapdragon 665 — AnTuTu v11

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