Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 1200

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 1200 (41/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 1200

41/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 41.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 40.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Graphics test 20 FPS 3 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 96%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 4.5 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek APU 3.0

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
CPU 782907 384772
GPU 1029236 144433
Memory 305749 177452
Total score 2777287 960724
UX 659395 254067

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-A783x 2.6 GHz – Cortex-A784x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 32 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 320 KB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 4.3 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4700 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 19
Modem — Helio M70

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 168.6 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 117.3 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 95.8 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.18 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 71.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 131.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 838.9 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 32.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.54 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 8 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 14.4 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 510.3 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 886 MHz
Pipelines 9 9
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 288
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Announced October 2023 January 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6893
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 1200 official site
Successor — -MediaTek Dimensity 9500

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
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 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
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 —
📘 2026-02-10(Gofer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-03-23(Mario) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-04(Ilyas M.) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-04-26(Bavarik) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-04(Bapфoлoмeй Игopeвич) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-22->Kot_Luis — GeekBench GPU

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Call of Duty: Mobile — 60 FPS[High]
Device — Oppo Realme GT Neo1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 51 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 60 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 68 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 71 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 88 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
Data manipulation score — 10275
Phones tested — 2 models
Photo editing score — 25491
Video editing score — 6385
Web score — 9284
Writing score — 14338

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 1200
1.OnePlus Nord 2 5G — 960724
2.Xiaomi 11T — 904519
Phones with Dimensity 1200 — AnTuTu v11

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