Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 2600

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 2600 (93/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 2600
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 2600

93/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 93.0 Excellent
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 94.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Graphics test 20 FPS 23 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 51 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 44 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 39 FPS
Stability 70% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine AI engine with 32K MAC NPU

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
CPU 782907 1023425
GPU 1029236 1236436
Memory 305749 384525
Total score 2777287 3161126
UX 659395 516740

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.8 GHz – C1-Ultra3x 3.25 GHz – C1-Pro6x 2.75 GHz – C1-Pro
Cores 8 10
Frequency 4050 MHz 3800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.3-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 3 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 2 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 16 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 14790 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 4900 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
Modem — Exynos 5410

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 459.4 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 41.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 1.41 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 20.2 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.28 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 2.05 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 344.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 328.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 1.03 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 259.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 345 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 4524 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 97.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 12.2 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 95 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 7024.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 980 MHz
Pipelines 9 8
Shading units 128 448
Total shaders 1152 1792
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.4

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Announced October 2023 December 2025
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — S5E9965
Official page — Samsung Exynos 2600 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 85.3 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
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 —
📘 2026-06-27(ainvine) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-12(nenenekete) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-17(ACoolioDude) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(Bui Tien Duong) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-26(Simon) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-29(David Vasic) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Phrog) — GeekBench CPU

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
Data manipulation score — 16909
Phones tested — Less than 3
Photo editing score — 40764
Video editing score — 8171
Web score — 21279
Writing score — 30248

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 2600
1.Samsung Galaxy S26 (Exynos) — 3161830
2.Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus (Exynos) — 3119822
3.Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 8 — 3113347
Phones with Exynos 2600 — AnTuTu v11

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