Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (51/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2

51/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 51.0 Below Average
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 52.0 Below Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Graphics test 20 FPS 5 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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Yes

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
CPU 782907 532680
GPU 1029236 166554
Memory 305749 232990
Total score 2777287 1317007
UX 659395 384783

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 2910 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 256 KB 1024 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 2 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 6 W
Transistor count 25 billion 10.2 billion
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 4400 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 18
Modem — Snapdragon X62

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 182 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 16.1 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.31 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 3.36 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.03 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 137.2 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 116.1 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 112.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 137.9 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 772.3 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 40.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 4.62 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 51 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 11.3 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 1187.8 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 580 MHz
Pipelines 9 2
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1024
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 2.0
Vulkan version — 1.1

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Announced October 2023 March 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7475-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 16 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 200MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2560 x 1600
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- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
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 —
📘 2026-06-23(Doromon456) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-24->op1 — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-25(Ac3X) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-09(emptyset0.00sec) — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-08-12(Koreia27) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-15(MobileEngineer Harway) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
Call of Duty: Mobile — 59 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Xiaomi Poco F51080 x 2400
Fortnite — 38 FPS[Ultra]
Genshin Impact — 53 FPS[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 114 FPS[Ultra]
PUBG Mobile — 77 FPS[Ultra]
Shadowgun Legends — 81 FPS[Ultra]
World of Tanks Blitz — 116 FPS[Ultra]

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
1.Realme GT Neo 5 SE — 1416021
2.Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 Turbo — 1333299
3.Xiaomi Poco F5 — 1302969
Phones with Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 — AnTuTu v11

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