Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

30/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 686

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
CPU 782907 193048
GPU 1029236 47353
Memory 305749 106103
Total score 2777287 477542
UX 659395 131038

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 3 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X51

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 94.7 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 4.81 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.35 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 55.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 45.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 37.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 65.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 238.4 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 14.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 6 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 332.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 650 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Announced October 2023 October 2021
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — SM4350-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
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 —
📘 2023-12-05(Guest #3) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2025-10-31(KhrizU) — AnTuTu
📘 2025-10-31->DYi22 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-08(Aditya) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Data manipulation score — 6337
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 26348
Video editing score — 4533
Web score — 11176
Writing score — 13103

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
1.Motorola Moto G62 5G — 561482
2.Nokia G42 — 513089
3.Motorola Moto G (2023) — 499266
4.Motorola Moto G53 — 477542
5.Nokia G310 5G — 453516
Phones with Snapdragon 480 Plus — AnTuTu v11

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