Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Graphics test 20 FPS 2 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 7s Gen 2
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
CPU 782907 312937
GPU 1029236 73407
Memory 305749 196121
Total score 2777287 798429
UX 659395 215964

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X62

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 142.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 9.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.57 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.13 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 89.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 59.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.12 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 54 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 98.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 194.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 21.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.91 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 33 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 7.14 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 481.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 940 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Announced October 2023 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7435-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 25.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 2.2, UFS 3.1
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
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 —
📘 2026-06-16(AmX) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-16(Hi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-05(Rodrigo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(PacmaceYT) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(Solo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(Rikirin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-23(Lufus) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Hi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Data manipulation score — 11507
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 24734
Video editing score — 6946
Web score — 13631
Writing score — 13590

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
1.Motorola Edge 60 Stylus — 848851
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G — 718523
2.Realme 13 Pro 5G — 848531
3.Motorola Moto G67 Power — 848362
4.Realme 13 Pro Plus 5G — 833876
5.Motorola Edge 50 Fusion — 813138
6.Realme 12 Pro Plus 5G — 809775
7.Motorola Moto G96 — 794638
8.Motorola Edge (2024) — 763420
9.Xiaomi Poco X6 — 754967
Phones with Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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