Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 9610

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 9610 (22/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 9610
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 9610

22/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 22.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 16.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
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) Samsung Exynos 9610
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
CPU 782907 149165
GPU 1029236 18580
Memory 305749 94830
Total score 2777287 365008
UX 659395 102433

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A734x 1.7 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 Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8 W
Transistor count 25 billion 3 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
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
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 12
Modem — Shannon 337

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 69.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 1.42 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.38 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 43.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 32.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 10.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 38.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 191 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 6.67 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 1.55 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 6 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 4.95 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 40.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1053 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 12
Total shaders 1152 36
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
Announced October 2023 March 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — S5E9610
Official page — Samsung Exynos 9610 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 1580

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 11.9 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) Samsung Exynos 9610
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2560 x 1600
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
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 —
📘 2026-06-14(Irfan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-03(Muhammet Tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16(A50M max) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-23(Muhammed tech) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(A50M Max 🇹🇷) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gadji Tæmæv) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
Data manipulation score — 5338
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 9306
Video editing score — 5186
Web score — 5152
Writing score — 6344

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9610
1.Samsung Galaxy A50 — 365008
Phones with Exynos 9610 — AnTuTu v11

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