Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8020

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8020 (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8020
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8020

42/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 570

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
CPU 782907 349209
GPU 1029236 150375
Memory 305749 181946
Total score 2777287 981459
UX 659395 299929

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 4x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2600 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 320 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 4 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 21

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 172.2 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.47 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 125.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 99.4 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 78.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 132.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 822.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 36.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.75 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 10 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 13.7 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 481.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 836 MHz
Pipelines 9 9
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 288
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Announced October 2023 April 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6891, MT6891Z_Z/CZA
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8020 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
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) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
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📘 2026-01-25(CRUCIUS) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-02-06(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
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📘 2026-04-15(Poseidon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-03(Ren :3) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(GEKO973239) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
Data manipulation score — 10609
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 46444
Video editing score — 7875
Web score — 15979
Writing score — 18299

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8020
1.Motorola Edge 40 — 981459
Phones with Dimensity 8020 — AnTuTu v11

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