Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G85

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G85 (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 G85
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G85

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 G85
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 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 Helio G85
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
CPU 782907 134798
GPU 1029236 28350
Memory 305749 87667
Total score 2777287 348562
UX 659395 97747

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
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 —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
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 G85
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 3.04 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.09 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 45.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 38.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 25.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 51.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 100.4 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 14.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 1.99 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 35 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.58 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 96 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1000 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 G85
Announced October 2023 April 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — MT6769Z
Official page — MediaTek Helio G85 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Helio G88

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
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 G85
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 G85
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 —
📘 2026-07-03(viko) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-07->Nanoreview282 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-10(Geraldo Jr) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(hasnel) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(Lucas) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-15(Cy) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-22(Võ Hạo Nhiên) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Jasur) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Medium]
Device — Xiaomi Redmi Note 91080 x 2340
Fortnite — 21 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 46 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 45 FPS[High]
Shadowgun Legends — 49 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 51 FPS[Medium]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
Data manipulation score — 5552
Phones tested — 20 models
Photo editing score — 16644
Video editing score — 6167
Web score — 8358
Writing score — 9124

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G85
1.Realme C65 — 378813
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 — 346495
2.Vivo Y18 — 364688
3.Motorola Moto G13 — 363239
4.Xiaomi Redmi 12C — 362896
5.Tecno Pova 2 — 362076
6.Xiaomi Redmi 13C — 361045
7.Xiaomi Poco C65 — 360675
8.Tecno Spark 20 — 349064
9.Tecno Camon 20 — 346842
Phones with Helio G85 — AnTuTu v11

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