Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 (42/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4

42/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 42.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 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 6 Gen 4
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
CPU 782907 366806
GPU 1029236 163024
Memory 305749 196787
Total score 2777287 975254
UX 659395 248637

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Qualcomm X62 5G

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 148.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.9 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.17 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.56 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.26 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 91.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 85 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.14 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 58.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 108.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 543.9 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 27.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.14 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 17 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 14.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 588.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1150 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Announced October 2023 February 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6650
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 25.6 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
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 —
📘 2026-07-06(Faris) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-08(Kinetic) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-08->fabiocst — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-18(Tech Wolfy 🐺) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-19(Jeo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-21(Raf Hakobyan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 9333
Phones tested — 3 models
Photo editing score — 19358
Video editing score — 6264
Web score — 10662
Writing score — 13830

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1.Honor Turbo — 1000207
2.Honor Magic 8 Lite 5G — 994655
3.Realme P3 5G — 982776
4.Realme 14 5G — 980508
5.Honor X9d — 977304
6.Honor X70 — 969048
7.Oppo K13 5G — 903972
8.Nothing Phone (4b) — 833247
Phones with Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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