Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 2500

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 2500 (78/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 2500
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 2500

78/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 78.0 Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 82.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Graphics test 20 FPS 17 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 43 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 35 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 29 FPS
Stability 70% 54%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 59 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
CPU 782907 771016
GPU 1029236 723824
Memory 305749 356421
Total score 2777287 2289696
UX 659395 438435

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X9252x 2.74 GHz – Cortex-A7255x 2.36 GHz – Cortex-A7252x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 10
Frequency 4050 MHz 3300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 16 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 12100 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5400

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 390.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 36.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.7 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 15.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 1.6 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 309 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 179.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.45 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 247.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 218.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3446.8 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 12.7 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests Less than 3
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 82.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 4091.9 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 999 MHz
Pipelines 9 8
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 1024
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Announced October 2023 June 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9955
Official page — Samsung Exynos 2500 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-21(Noora) AnTuTu —
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📘 2026-04-12(Kaimen) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2025-10-06(Fer2813) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-10(Letuchu) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-25(EverViolet) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-11-26->everviolet12 — GeekBench GPU
📘 2025-12-19(Yell) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-01-01(Koss) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-16->INFC — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
Data manipulation score — 11954
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 32035
Video editing score — 8133
Web score — 15720
Writing score — 22532

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2500
1.Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7 — 2289696
Phones with Exynos 2500 — AnTuTu v11

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