Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Graphics test 20 FPS 6 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 8 Plus Gen 1
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
CPU 782907 537485
GPU 1029236 241551
Memory 305749 254727
Total score 2777287 1420808
UX 659395 387045

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 6 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3670 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X65

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 190.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 16 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 5.22 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.09 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 141.5 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 126.3 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 114.8 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 666.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 72 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 24.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1843.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1024
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Announced October 2023 May 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8475
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
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 —
📘 2026-07-22(Euro Fighter Typhoon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24(Rutar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Nam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-05(HAbib) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-10(oneplus enjoyer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15->Zay — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17(Pietro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Aбдyxaким) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[Ultra]
Device — ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 47 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 58 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 89 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 114 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 120 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Data manipulation score — 12439
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 32017
Video editing score — 7462
Web score — 12737
Writing score — 16257

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1.Asus Zenfone 9 — 1640834
10.Honor 90 Pro — 1463370
2.Xiaomi 12S Ultra — 1627862
3.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro — 1601869
4.Huawei Mate X3 — 1530652
5.Realme GT3 — 1486727
6.OnePlus Ace 2 — 1481118
7.Asus ROG Phone 6 — 1478125
8.Xiaomi 12T Pro — 1469638
9.Realme GT Neo 5 — 1466734
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 — AnTuTu v11

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