Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 (61/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3

61/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 61.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
CPU 782907 562487
GPU 1029236 419835
Memory 305749 279528
Total score 2777287 1660924
UX 659395 399074

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5.5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X63 5G

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 208.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 16.6 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 5.81 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.47 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 157.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 152.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.46 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 117.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 165.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1469.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 49.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 5.63 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 23 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 23.1 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1459.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 768
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Announced October 2023 March 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7675-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 67.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2560 x 1600
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-07-04(Samarth Kawade) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-05(Aditay) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-08(Santu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Alex) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Gokul) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Moxnatiybobr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Fahas Pasha) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 13620
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 41779
Video editing score — 6702
Web score — 18307
Writing score — 23052

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3
1.Realme GT Neo 6 SE — 1695482
2.OnePlus Ace 3V — 1649673
3.OnePlus Nord 4 — 1645573
4.Realme GT 6T — 1570253
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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