Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (30/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

30/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 30.0 Poor
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 25.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS 5 TOPS
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 692

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
CPU 782907 218272
GPU 1029236 50078
Memory 305749 103903
Total score 2777287 517460
UX 659395 145207

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (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 Samsung
Process 3 nanometers 8 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 5 W
Transistor count 25 billion —

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
5G support Yes No
Bluetooth 5.3 5.1
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 800 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
4G support — LTE Cat. 15
Modem — X15

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
API Metal OpenCL
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 94.3 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 5.39 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.08 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 0.78 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.01 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 55.7 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 45.9 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.06 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 33.9 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 62.1 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 217.7 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 15.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 2.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 21 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 3.86 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 384 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 750 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 720G
Announced October 2023 January 2020
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number — SM7125
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Bus 8x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 14.9 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - 384 kHz/32 bit
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 2520 x 1080
Storage type NVMe UFS 2.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 —
📘 2026-07-14->AzuNoBel — CPU Throttle
📘 2026-07-16(Tahmid) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-16->AzuNoBel — AnTuTu
📘 2026-07-18(DarkELITECustom.PH) — GeekBench CPU
📘 2026-07-27(Makasin0) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-11(Joe_cool) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-21(Aether2005) — AnTuTu

Gaming

Gaming specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Call of Duty: Mobile — 40 FPS[Ultra]
Device — Realme 7 Pro1080 x 2400
Fortnite — 28 FPS[Low]
Genshin Impact — 34 FPS[Medium]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang — 30 FPS[High]
PUBG Mobile — 43 FPS[High]
World of Tanks Blitz — 51 FPS[Ultra]

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Data manipulation score — 7577
Phones tested — 6 models
Photo editing score — 18039
Video editing score — 6295
Web score — 8030
Writing score — 9464

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1.Realme 8 Pro — 541222
2.Realme 6 Pro — 535398
3.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro — 524287
4.Xiaomi Redmi Note 9S — 515649
5.Samsung Galaxy A52 — 508360
6.Samsung Galaxy A72 — 490745
Phones with Snapdragon 720G — AnTuTu v11

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