Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Dimensity 8400

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Dimensity 8400 (65/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Dimensity 8400
MediaTek

MediaTek Dimensity 8400

65/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 65.0 Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 65.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Graphics test 20 FPS 10 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 25 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 23 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 20 FPS
Stability 70% 86%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine MediaTek NPU 880

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
CPU 782907 623766
GPU 1029236 596540
Memory 305749 331200
Total score 2777287 1948428
UX 659395 396922

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 3.25 GHz – Cortex-A7253x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7254x 2.1 GHz – Cortex-A725
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 3250 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 7 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 6 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 5170 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 6

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 248.7 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 19.8 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.71 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 11.1 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.66 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 166.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 189.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.52 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 111.1 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 189.3 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 1703.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 58 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 7.1 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 45 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 37.2 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 2329.6 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1300 MHz
Pipelines 9 7
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 896
DirectX version — 12
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Announced October 2023 December 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — MT6899, MT6899Z
Official page — MediaTek Dimensity 8400 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 68.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC LC- FLAC- HE-AACv1- HE-AACv2- MP3
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP, 3x 32MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2960 x 1440
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
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 8400
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 —
📘 2026-08-15(King Bulan Pogi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(eebro) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-17->MetallicaT — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(srinivasan) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-20(Ali -geekbench 7 test) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-08-20(Xuruby) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-22(Lucky T. Timo) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24->Danil228 — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
Data manipulation score — 13175
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 23584
Video editing score — 6661
Web score — 14034
Writing score — 17637

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Dimensity 8400
1.Infinix GT 50 Pro — 2137843
2.Realme Neo 7 SE — 2081324
3.Realme GT 7T — 2079848
4.Vivo Y300 GT — 2067824
5.Vivo iQOO Z10 Turbo — 2052566
6.Infinix Note 60 Ultra — 1989585
7.Xiaomi Redmi Turbo 4 — 1960745
8.Xiaomi Poco X7 Pro — 1930851
9.Xiaomi 15T — 1915524
Phones with Dimensity 8400 — AnTuTu v11

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