Apple M4 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G3

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Apple M4 (iPad) (99/100)

Apple M4 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Google Tensor G3 (56/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M4 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M4 (iPad)

99/100
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Google Tensor G3
Google

Google Tensor G3

56/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
NanoReview Score 99.0 Excellent WINNER 56.0 Below Average
Performance 99.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Graphics test 26 FPS 7 FPS
Section 1 63 FPS —
Section 2 56 FPS —
Section 3 43 FPS —
Stability 71% 74%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
NPU theoretical performance 38 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
CPU 915032 482403
GPU 1135331 384611
Memory 349968 218603
Total score 3116013 1409016
UX 715682 323399

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Architecture 4x 4.41 GHz –6x 2.85 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X34x 2.37 GHz – Cortex-A7154x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 10 9
Frequency 4410 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 192 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count 28 billion —
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) — 6 W

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7300 Mbps
Modem Snapdragon X71 Exynos 5300i
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3700 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 501.5 MB/sec 197.6 MB/sec
Background blur 54.3 images/sec 13.2 images/sec
Edge detection 2.32 Gpixels/sec 0.35 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 124.8 images/sec 6.85 images/sec
Feature matching 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.8 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
HDR 461.1 Mpixels/sec 142.1 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 305.6 pages/sec 134.7 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.7 Gpixels/sec 0.16 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 416.7 images/sec 82.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 317.1 Mpixels/sec 148.4 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4657.1 FPS 1088 FPS
Photo processing 139.8 images/sec 48.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.9 Mpixels/sec 5.34 Mpixels/sec
Samples 7 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 164.7 Gpixels/sec 11.9 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
FLOPS 3763.2 Gigaflops 1594.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1470 MHz 890 MHz
OpenCL version — 2.0
Pipelines — 7
Shading units — 128
Total shaders — 896
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Announced May 2024 October 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS301 (S5P9865)
Official page — Google Tensor G3 official site
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 120 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 7500 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max display resolution 2752 x 2064 3840 x 2160
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
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 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Max camera resolution — 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2024-07-01(Aoul) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2024-07-10(Vlad) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2025-09-13(Yusuf baser) GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-04-26(BG-M4-User) GeekBench GPU —
📘 2026-08-03(Astreeek) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-14(Spilled coffee) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-16(Quan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-26(Bilal) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-13->Spaikleonow — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-29->tonymenny — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(Bilal Ahmed) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(reazz) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-05(s1mpick) — AnTuTu

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M4 (iPad) Google Tensor G3
1.Google Pixel 8 — 1443431
2.Google Pixel 8a — 1433693
3.Google Pixel 8 Pro — 1367231
Phones with Tensor G3 — AnTuTu v11

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