Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G99

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G99 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose Apple M3 (iPad):
  • + Higher DeviceBenchmark Score score (97 vs 31)
  • + Higher Performance score (98 vs 26)
[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio G99
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G99

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
DeviceBenchmark Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 26.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
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 G99
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
CPU 782907 218545
GPU 1029236 43804
Memory 305749 156545
Total score 2777287 554590
UX 659395 135696

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 650 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 96.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.68 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.1 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 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 63.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 52 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 72.2 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 251.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 16.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.79 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 82 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 4.16 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 128 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1000 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 64
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Announced October 2023 May 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6789
Official page — MediaTek Helio G99 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
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 G99
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 —
📘 2026-08-09(den) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(pn08532) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Hüseyn Alizade) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Kien) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-16(Xuân Thịnh) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Gigachad) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Mugivara29) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-26(Neeraj) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Call of Duty: Mobile — 37 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Cubot X701080 x 2408
Genshin Impact — 48 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 55 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 86 FPS[Low]
Shadowgun Legends — 91 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 66 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
Data manipulation score — 7349
Phones tested — 37 models
Photo editing score — 25535
Video editing score — 6615
Web score — 9196
Writing score — 12807

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G99
1.Tecno Camon 30 — 591209
10.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 4G — 570767
2.Tecno Spark 20 Pro — 586415
3.Tecno Spark 20 Pro Plus — 585344
4.Infinix Hot 40 Pro — 583602
5.Vivo V27e — 581988
6.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14S — 581553
7.Infinix Note 40 — 581489
8.Tecno Pova 6 — 575538
9.Tecno Camon 20 Pro — 574290
Phones with Helio G99 — AnTuTu v11

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