Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (38/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

38/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 38.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 86%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 690

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
CPU 782907 314517
GPU 1029236 125449
Memory 305749 150134
Total score 2777287 824513
UX 659395 234413

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 7 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion 6.7 billion
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1240 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 20
Modem — X24 LTE, X50 5G

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 126.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 9.07 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.22 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.84 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 89.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 74.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 57.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 88 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 444 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.06 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 29 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 8.72 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 898.5 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 585 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 256
Total shaders 1152 768
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Announced October 2023 December 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8150
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 34.13 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 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 855
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 —
📘 2026-05-04(Joshua Z) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-05-11(Inok) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(putra) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(Fravo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-31(Valdemiro pega tatu cósmico) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(long tran) — GeekBench GPU

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Call of Duty: Mobile — 56 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro1080 x 2340
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 57 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 58 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 51 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 59 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
Data manipulation score — 8239
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 22485
Video editing score — 5956
Web score — 8813
Writing score — 13084

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
1.Sony Xperia 1 — 891237
2.Google Pixel 4 — 862803
3.OnePlus 7 Pro — 841922
4.Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro — 835186
5.Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite — 818155
6.Xiaomi Mi 9 — 786843
7.Sony Xperia 5 — 782567
8.Google Pixel 4 XL — 775747
Phones with Snapdragon 855 — AnTuTu v11

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