Apple M3 (iPad) vs Google Tensor

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Google Tensor (47/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Google Tensor
Google

Google Tensor

47/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 47.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 45.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 63%

AI Accelerator

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

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
CPU 782907 365546
GPU 1029236 169803
Memory 305749 178763
Total score 2777287 1010025
UX 659395 295913

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-X12x 2.25 GHz – Cortex A764x 1.8 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 5 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5.6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
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
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Exynos 5300b

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 159.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 14.1 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.5 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 7.31 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.55 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 119.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 97.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.34 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 83.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 138.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1368.9 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 30.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.44 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 26 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 39.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1085.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 850 MHz
Pipelines 9 20
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 640
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
Announced October 2023 October 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS101 (S5P9845)
Official page — Google Tensor official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
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
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 —
📘 2026-05-24(Tимyp) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-05-30(Khakan Ali) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-27(Ash) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(Hypermini) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Mimo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-04(nguyen van nguyen) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->Paranoid _Antost — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(duwi) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
Data manipulation score — 10310
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 19072
Video editing score — 5884
Web score — 7105
Writing score — 15550

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor
1.Google Pixel 6a — 1015493
2.Google Pixel 6 Pro — 1010025
3.Google Pixel 6 — 990213
Phones with Google Tensor — AnTuTu v11

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