Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 (25/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 710

25/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 99%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 685

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
CPU 782907 159583
GPU 1029236 38436
Memory 305749 80418
Total score 2777287 417439
UX 659395 139002

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 360 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 384 KB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 10 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion 3 billion
L3 cache — 1 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 15
Modem — X15 LTE

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 75.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.59 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 34.6 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 33.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 13.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 52.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 149.5 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 12.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.12 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 3 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 2.61 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 258 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 504 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 710
Announced October 2023 May 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SDM710
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - Qualcomm Aqstic- aptX- aptX HD
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3360 x 1440
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
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 —
📘 2023-10-03(Nikhil) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2024-04-22(gbirkin) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-02-17(Evgenie3311) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Call of Duty: Mobile — 35 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 26 FPS[Low]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 55 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 39 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 53 FPS[Low]
World of Tanks Blitz — 60 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
Data manipulation score — 5855
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 13187
Video editing score — 5633
Web score — 6383
Writing score — 7602

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 710
1.Xiaomi Mi 9 Lite — 417439
Phones with Snapdragon 710 — AnTuTu v11

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