Apple A18 Pro vs Apple M3 (iPad)

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Apple A18 Pro (82/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 87)
Apple A18 Pro
Apple

Apple A18 Pro

82/100
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[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
NanoReview Score 82.0 Very Good —
Performance 87.0 Very Good 98.0 Excellent WINNER
DeviceBenchmark Score — 97.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Graphics test 13 FPS —
Section 1 35 FPS —
Section 2 30 FPS —
Section 3 21 FPS —
Stability 71% 70%
Graphics test — 20 FPS
Section 1 — 52 FPS
Section 2 — 38 FPS
Section 3 — 28 FPS

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
NPU theoretical performance 35 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine —
NPU theoretical performance — 18 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) — Apple Neural Engine

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
CPU 521852 782907
GPU 562674 1029236
Memory 187942 305749
Total score 1782199 —
UX 509731 659395
Total score — 2777287

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Architecture 2x 4.05 GHz – Everest4x 2.42 GHz – Sawtooth 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Cores 6 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 4050 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A —
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 10 W —
Instruction set — ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache — 256 KB
L2 cache — 16 MB
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 20 W
Transistor count — 25 billion

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
4G support LTE Cat. 24 —
5G support Yes —
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps —
Modem Snapdragon X71 5G —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 7 6
5G support — Yes
Download speed — Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed — Up to 3500 Mbps

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
API Metal Metal
Asset compression 299.9 MB/sec —
Background blur 37.6 images/sec —
Edge detection 1.3 Gpixels/sec —
Face detection 78.2 images/sec —
Feature matching 0.49 Gpixels/sec —
Gaussian blur 1.5 Gpixels/sec —
HDR 289.5 Mpixels/sec 422.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 191.2 pages/sec —
Horizon detection 0.98 Gpixels/sec —
Image detection 319.6 images/sec —
PDF Renderer 196.8 Mpixels/sec —
Particle physics 3659.7 FPS —
Photo processing 91 images/sec —
Ray tracing 9.03 Mpixels/sec —
Samples 14 tests 4 tests
Stereo matching 100 Gpixels/sec —
Asset compression — 458.1 MB/sec
Background blur — 48.2 images/sec
Edge detection — 1.93 Gpixels/sec
Face detection — 108.3 images/sec
Feature matching — 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur — 2.41 Gpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser — 270.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection — 1.43 Gpixels/sec
Image detection — 287.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer — 299.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics — 4690 FPS
Photo processing — 116.1 images/sec
Ray tracing — 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Stereo matching — 128.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
FLOPS 2289 Gigaflops 3179.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1490 MHz —
Pipelines 6 9
Shading units 128 —
Total shaders 768 —
GPU frequency — 1380 MHz
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 1152

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Announced September 2024 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1V07 —
Successor -Apple A19 Pro —

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Bus 4x 16 Bit 8x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 60 Gb/s —
Max size 8 GB —
Memory frequency 3750 MHz —
Memory type LPDDR5X —
Max bandwidth — 102.4 Gb/s
Max size — 24 GB
Memory frequency — 3200 MHz
Memory type — LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Audio codecs - AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV —
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP —
Storage type NVMe —
Video capture 4K at 120FPS —
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG —
Video playback 4K at 120FPS —
Audio codecs — - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution — 1x 48MP
Max display resolution — 2732 x 2048
Storage type — NVMe
Video capture — 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs — - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback — 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2026-03-23(rain) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-02(mrboss) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-03(BG-User) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-05-20(013gafurov) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-06-04(Rain) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-06-15(Anton) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-07-21(l1tsemerr) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-21(Neuron) AnTuTu —
📘 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

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple A18 Pro Apple M3 (iPad)
1.Apple iPhone 16 Pro 1801176 —
2.Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max 1750331 —
Phones with A18 Pro AnTuTu v11 —

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