Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 (34/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3

34/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 34.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 29.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Graphics test 20 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
CPU 782907 256848
GPU 1029236 60984
Memory 305749 129362
Total score 2777287 617626
UX 659395 170432

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A786x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2300 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB —
L2 cache 16 MB —
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 6 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 4 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.2
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X51

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 113.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 6.33 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.11 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 1.39 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.02 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 73 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 56.2 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 43.3 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 80.5 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 260.6 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 20 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 3.33 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 6 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 4.63 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 460.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 900 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 1152 256
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Announced October 2023 June 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM6375-AC
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 17 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 12 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 108MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.2
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
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 —
📘 2026-05-22(..) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-05-31(Andy Yee (Andymus)) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-03(Peem humseem v2) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-06(Moto) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-17(Aditya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-26(Gigi) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-06-26(Sam) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-14(Julianpowke) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
Data manipulation score — 9260
Phones tested — 5 models
Photo editing score — 24716
Video editing score — 4563
Web score — 14003
Writing score — 14763

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
1.Xiaomi Redmi 15 5G — 632934
2.Motorola Moto G85 5G — 622608
3.Xiaomi Poco M8s 5G — 615528
4.Xiaomi Poco M7 Plus — 595016
5.Honor 400 Smart — 591791
6.Motorola Moto G45 — 586585
Phones with Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 — AnTuTu v11

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