Apple M3 (iPad) vs MediaTek Helio G81

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to MediaTek Helio G81 (24/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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MediaTek Helio G81
MediaTek

MediaTek Helio G81

24/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 24.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 18.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Graphics test 20 FPS 1 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS —
Section 2 38 FPS —
Section 3 28 FPS —
Stability 70% —

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
CPU 782907 143539
GPU 1029236 23709
Memory 305749 90462
Total score 2777287 358608
UX 659395 100898

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A756x 1.7 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 12 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.4
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps —
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps —
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 4

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 71.5 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 3.76 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.89 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 46.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 40.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.04 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 26.2 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 49.6 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 109.8 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 12.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.17 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 11 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 2.94 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 78.7 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 820 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 24
Total shaders 1152 48
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Announced October 2023 August 2024
Class Flagship Low end
Model number — MT6769J
Official page — MediaTek Helio G81 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.4 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1800 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 2K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
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 —
📘 2026-05-25(Editaddicts) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-06-02(Keizer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-02->Vintero_8 — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(Chelzie) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-07(Sg) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-02(Muhanmmad Iskandar Sahar) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-12(Wayne) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
Data manipulation score — 5618
Phones tested — 12 models
Photo editing score — 19146
Video editing score — 6024
Web score — 9422
Writing score — 9297

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) MediaTek Helio G81
1.Tecno Spark 40 — 388287
10.Motorola Moto G06 — 353291
2.Motorola Moto G05 — 381428
3.Xiaomi Redmi 17C 4G — 364670
4.Tecno Spark 40C — 363458
5.Xiaomi Redmi 14C — 362983
6.Infinix Hot 60i — 362586
7.Xiaomi Redmi 15C 4G — 361928
8.Motorola Moto G06 Power — 358608
9.Tecno Spark 30C — 354460
Phones with Helio G81 — AnTuTu v11

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