Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8200

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8200 (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8200
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8200

48/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 46.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 97%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 580

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
CPU 782907 428145
GPU 1029236 233006
Memory 305749 267125
Total score 2777287 1240821
UX 659395 312545

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex A783x 3 GHz – Cortex A784x 2 GHz – Cortex A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 4 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
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 8200
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 172.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 14.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 2.93 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 118.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 108 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 86.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 140.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 955.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 34.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.63 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 28 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 10.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 729.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 9 6
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 1152 384
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
Announced October 2023 December 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6896Z
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8200 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 8400

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
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) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
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 8200
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 —
📘 2026-07-23(Maragidyne) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-28(RostFadeev) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31->Le Hieu — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Opan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01->Guzman — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09->qngz_ — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-20(Zombiezcry) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
Data manipulation score — 10859
Phones tested — 11 models
Photo editing score — 32165
Video editing score — 5571
Web score — 11474
Writing score — 20448

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8200
1.Infinix Zero 40 5G — 1315468
10.Xiaomi 13T — 1175951
2.Infinix GT 20 Pro — 1306340
3.Oppo Reno 11 Pro — 1292987
4.Vivo V30 Pro — 1272440
5.Vivo iQOO Neo 7 — 1241266
6.Tecno Camon 30 Premier — 1240821
7.Tecno Camon 30 Pro — 1230893
8.Vivo V27 Pro — 1219177
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12T Pro — 1207095
Phones with Dimensity 8200 — AnTuTu v11

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