Apple M3 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G2

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Google Tensor G2 (49/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Google Tensor G2
Google

Google Tensor G2

49/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 49.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 78%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Next-gen Tensor Processing Unit

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
CPU 782907 384056
GPU 1029236 278383
Memory 305749 220709
Total score 2777287 1186373
UX 659395 303255

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.85 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.35 GHz – Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2850 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 7350 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5300g

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 149.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.96 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 105.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 99.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 110.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 972.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 35.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.26 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 11.5 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 759.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 848 MHz
Pipelines 9 7
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 1152 448
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Announced October 2023 October 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS201 (S5P9855)
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 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) Google Tensor G2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
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 —
📘 2026-07-11(zeesun) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(klaut) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Ndraa) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-20->Dnhlst244. — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(XHV150) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Th3Vulkan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(shu-) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-06->shu- — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
Data manipulation score — 11061
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 18842
Video editing score — 6434
Web score — 7923
Writing score — 15053

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G2
1.Google Pixel 7 — 1203381
2.Google Pixel 7a — 1126520
3.Google Pixel 7 Pro — 1122581
4.Google Pixel Fold — 859865
Phones with Tensor G2 — AnTuTu v11

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