Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G80

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G80 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio G80
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G80

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 17.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 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 Helio G80
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
CPU 782907 139627
GPU 1029236 16620
Memory 305749 79612
Total score 2777287 318039
UX 659395 82180

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 320 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion 5.5 billion
L3 cache — 1 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 78.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 4.1 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 46.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 37.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 26.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 54.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 126.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 13.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.37 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 14 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.35 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 91.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 950 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 1152 48
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Announced October 2023 February 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — MT6769T
Official page — MediaTek Helio G80 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G88

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 13.41 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
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 —
📘 2026-06-02(Erick Santiago Mendez Garcia) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-05(Giba) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-08(Itsorif) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-13->Nino_anes — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-24(.) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-07-01(Rolex) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(Jordi2214) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Call of Duty: Mobile — 30 FPS[Low]
Device — Realme 6i720 x 1600
Fortnite — 27 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 54 FPS[High]
PUBG Mobile — 30 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 52 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 53 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
Data manipulation score — 5981
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 11129
Video editing score — 4857
Web score — 5872
Writing score — 6856

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G80
1.Xiaomi Redmi 9 — 346788
2.Samsung Galaxy A22 — 338485
3.Samsung Galaxy A14 — 334947
4.Samsung Galaxy A32 — 283832
5.Samsung Galaxy M32 — 280002
Phones with Helio G80 — AnTuTu v11

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