Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 (43/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
View Full Specs →
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

43/100
View Full Specs →

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 43.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
CPU 782907 405718
GPU 1029236 179932
Memory 305749 193010
Total score 2777287 1041899
UX 659395 263239

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
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

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 157.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.2 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 4.05 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 96.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 83.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 59.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 116.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 628.9 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 26.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.29 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 14 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 17.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 537.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1050 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 7s Gen 3
Announced October 2023 August 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7635
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
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 7s Gen 3
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 1920 x 1200
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 7s Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-07-10->ratulislam-55 — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(Zidan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Super) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(NK) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-01(Ghost) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-04(Chicha | #LYT-600) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Đat) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 11111
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 21690
Video editing score — 7169
Web score — 13557
Writing score — 16942

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1.Motorola Edge 70 Fusion — 1149292
10.Samsung Galaxy Xcover 7 Pro — 961191
2.Realme 14 Pro Plus 5G — 1107631
3.Realme P3 Pro 5G — 1081773
4.Nothing Phone (3a) Pro — 1063109
5.Nothing Phone (3a) — 1050601
6.Vivo T4 5G — 1043525
7.Vivo iQOO Z10 — 1032527
8.Fairphone 6 — 1027025
9.Xiaomi Redmi Note 14 Pro Plus 5G — 1001783
Phones with Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

Looking for More Comparisons?

Browse all available head-to-head comparisons or select new devices in the comparison hub.

Browse Mobile Processors Comparisons → Launch Full Comparison Hub →