Apple M3 (iPad) vs Google Tensor G4

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Google Tensor G4 (57/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Google Tensor G4
Google

Google Tensor G4

57/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 57.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 55.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Graphics test 20 FPS 8 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 84%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
CPU 782907 536742
GPU 1029236 414930
Memory 305749 215572
Total score 2777287 1519937
UX 659395 352693

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-X43x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A7204x 1.92 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W —
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 7
Modem — Exynos 5400c

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 177.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 15.8 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.3 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 8.51 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.36 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 128.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 134 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 122 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 157 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1273.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 39.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.65 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 26.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1684.4 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 940 MHz
Pipelines 9 7
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 896
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Announced October 2023 August 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — GS401 (S5P9875)
Successor — -Google Tensor G5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP —
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2400
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

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
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 —
📘 2026-05-13(kiriguap) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-09(danyages) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-13(Plotwa) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-11(123) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-14(123) — GeekBench GPU
📘 2026-08-21(Kazin) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Leif) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
Data manipulation score — 14718
Phones tested — 4 models
Photo editing score — 21074
Video editing score — 7569
Web score — 10521
Writing score — 15880

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Google Tensor G4
1.Google Pixel 9 Pro XL — 1672795
2.Google Pixel 9 Pro — 1606238
3.Google Pixel 9 — 1561427
4.Google Pixel 10a — 1422477
5.Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold — 1401321
6.Google Pixel 9a — 1321069
Phones with Tensor G4 — AnTuTu v11

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