Apple M3 (iPad) vs Samsung Exynos 850

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Samsung Exynos 850 (23/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Samsung Exynos 850
Samsung

Samsung Exynos 850

23/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 23.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 13.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Graphics test 20 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) Samsung Exynos 850
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine No

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
CPU 782907 102498
GPU 1029236 10785
Memory 305749 67388
Total score 2777287 234339
UX 659395 53668

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 3 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 13

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 68.9 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 1.93 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.62 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 37.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 31.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 42.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 58.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 9.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 2 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 1.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 48 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1001 MHz
Pipelines 9 1
Shading units 128 16
Total shaders 1152 16
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Announced October 2023 May 2020
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — S5E3830
Official page — Samsung Exynos 850 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s —
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
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 —
📘 2026-04-11(SamsungPro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-26->Viljami22 — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-29(SamsungPro) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-04-30(SamsungPro) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-05-16(Abdul ahad) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(Joner) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-25(stockman50) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
Data manipulation score — 3929
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 8993
Video editing score — 5163
Web score — 4948
Writing score — 5825

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Samsung Exynos 850
1.Samsung Galaxy A21s — 258064
2.Samsung Galaxy M12 — 255386
3.Samsung Galaxy A04s — 234339
4.Samsung Galaxy A13 — 231906
5.Samsung Galaxy M13 — 228034
Phones with Exynos 850 — AnTuTu v11

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