Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 (50/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4

50/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 50.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 48.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 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 7 Gen 4
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
CPU 782907 510448
GPU 1029236 270275
Memory 305749 193658
Total score 2777287 1329936
UX 659395 355555

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 512 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 3 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4200 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 183.1 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 14.6 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 6.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 102.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 93.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 65.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 126.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 939.1 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 30.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 17 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 36.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1177.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1150 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 512
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Announced October 2023 May 2025
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 33.6 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 2880 x 1800
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 —
📘 2026-06-13(Пaвeл) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-14(Wal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(স্বামী বিবেকানন্দ) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(THAKUR) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-03(Petros@n) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-07(Aman Sthapak) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Ankit) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 8849
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 34842
Video editing score — 7010
Web score — 17005
Writing score — 20163

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1.Honor 600 — 1426281
10.Realme 15 Pro 5G — 1251276
2.Vivo V70 — 1410609
3.Oppo Reno 15 — 1394716
4.Realme 16 Pro Plus — 1392392
5.Motorola Edge 70 — 1368100
6.Nothing Phone (4a) Pro — 1355225
7.Oppo Reno 15c — 1307414
8.Realme P4 Pro 5G — 1282176
9.Vivo V60 — 1257854
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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