Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 9820

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 9820 (36/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 9820
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 9820

36/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 36.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 81%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
CPU 782907 297306
GPU 1029236 132919
Memory 305749 146753
Total score 2777287 744321
UX 659395 167343

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.73 GHz – Mongoose M42x 2.31 GHz – Cortex-A754x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2730 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion 8.5 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 20
Modem — Exynos 5100

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 114.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 7.34 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.27 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 4.35 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 72.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 69.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.21 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 44.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 69 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 739.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 18.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.83 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 20 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 14.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 404.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 702 MHz
Pipelines 9 12
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 1152 288
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Announced October 2023 November 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9820
Official page — Samsung Exynos 9820 official site
Successor — -Samsung Exynos 2500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2400
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1, UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 150FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
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 —
📘 2026-05-26(Tban) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-16(Erick Tcharles BR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-29(gayparad1488) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07(Xxfish7) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-11->Sergo67 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02->seraphim — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07->StarDragonPL — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-13(ODIN_MODE) — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
Data manipulation score — 7575
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 18093
Video editing score — 5765
Web score — 7478
Writing score — 10112

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 9820
1.Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus — 782239
2.Samsung Galaxy S10 — 747257
3.Samsung Galaxy S10e — 724233
Phones with Exynos 9820 — AnTuTu v11

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