Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 (76/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

76/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 76.0 Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Graphics test 20 FPS 13 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 34 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 29 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 25 FPS
Stability 70% 83%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
CPU 782907 645495
GPU 1029236 809405
Memory 305749 372805
Total score 2777287 2314417
UX 659395 486712

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3210 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X75

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 293.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 23.4 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 16.8 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 1.2 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 216.4 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 188.6 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 152.7 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 207.8 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 2750.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 55.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 7.25 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 50 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 2355.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1150 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1024
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Announced October 2023 April 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8735
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 76.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s 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 —
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📘 2026-04-08(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-12(Kaimen) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-04-17(Jacob) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-08-12->Sakivuu — AnTuTu
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📘 2026-08-14(Suleiman) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(Buggy67) — AnTuTu
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📘 2026-08-21(Dice Morgan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(DavidB) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Srinu) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
Data manipulation score — 13734
Phones tested — 8 models
Photo editing score — 26988
Video editing score — 7750
Web score — 15597
Writing score — 17764

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
1.Meizu 22 — 2454886
10.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 Pro — 2292541
2.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo Pro — 2391144
3.Vivo IQOO Neo 10 (Global) — 2391014
4.OnePlus Turbo 6 — 2382990
5.Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro — 2375195
6.Nothing Phone (3) — 2371693
7.Honor 500 — 2344395
8.Oppo K13 Turbo Pro — 2341700
9.OnePlus Nord 6 — 2314061
Phones with Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 — AnTuTu v11

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