Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 6080

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 6080 (31/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 6080
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 6080

31/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 31.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 26.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% 98%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
CPU 782907 218246
GPU 1029236 46534
Memory 305749 126743
Total score 2777287 573460
UX 659395 181937

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A766x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 2 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2770 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1250 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 100.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 6.38 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.1 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.04 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 62.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 53.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 40 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 70.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 242.8 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 16.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.78 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 4.04 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 136.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1068 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 32
Total shaders 1152 64
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Announced October 2023 June 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6833, MT6833GP
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 6080 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17.07 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 6080
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Date Benchmark Benchmark
📘 2025-09-28->will09 GeekBench CPU —
📘 2026-01-26(Bearry) AnTuTu —
📘 2026-03-03(Bearry) AnTuTu —
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PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
Data manipulation score — 8410
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 20240
Video editing score — 5306
Web score — 11053
Writing score — 13119

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 6080
1.Tecno Pova 5 Pro — 586686
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 5G — 581315
3.Xiaomi Poco X6 Neo — 567662
4.Tecno Pova 6 Pro — 552385
5.Honor 200 Lite — 552130
Phones with Dimensity 6080 — AnTuTu v11

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