Apple M3 (iPad) vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

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

Apple M3 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 97/100 compared to Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (90/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

[ WINNER ]
Apple M3 (iPad)
Apple

Apple M3 (iPad)

97/100
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Qualcomm

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

90/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NanoReview Score 97.0 Excellent WINNER 90.0 Excellent
Performance 98.0 Excellent WINNER 92.0 Excellent

Detailed Technical Specifications

3DMark

3DMark specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Graphics test 20 FPS 18 FPS
Section 1 52 FPS 47 FPS
Section 2 38 FPS 41 FPS
Section 3 28 FPS 35 FPS
Stability 70% 51%

AI Accelerator

AI Accelerator specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
NPU theoretical performance 18 TOPS —
Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Hexagon

AnTuTu 11

AnTuTu 11 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 782907 893474
GPU 1029236 1133808
Memory 305749 427210
Total score 2777287 3126402
UX 659395 671910

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Architecture 4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz – 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Cores 8 8
Frequency 4050 MHz 4320 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 256 KB 192 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Process 3 nanometers 3 nanometers
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 20 W 8 W
Transistor count 25 billion —
L3 cache — 8 MB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
5G support Yes Yes
Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 10000 Mbps
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 7
4G support — LTE Cat. 24
Modem — Snapdragon X80

GeekBench 6

GeekBench 6 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
API Metal Vulkan
Asset compression 458.1 MB/sec 367.8 MB/sec
Background blur 48.2 images/sec 32.7 images/sec
Edge detection 1.93 Gpixels/sec 0.91 Gpixels/sec
Face detection 108.3 images/sec 21.6 images/sec
Feature matching 0.62 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 2.41 Gpixels/sec 1.75 Gpixels/sec
HDR 422.1 Mpixels/sec 315.8 Mpixels/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.6 pages/sec 223.5 pages/sec
Horizon detection 1.43 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Image detection 287.2 images/sec 234.4 images/sec
PDF Renderer 299.9 Mpixels/sec 257 Mpixels/sec
Particle physics 4690 FPS 3848 FPS
Photo processing 116.1 images/sec 90.6 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 148 tests
Stereo matching 128.9 Gpixels/sec 96.8 Gpixels/sec

Graphics

Graphics specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
FLOPS 3179.5 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
GPU frequency 1380 MHz 1100 MHz
Pipelines 9 3
Shading units 128 512
Total shaders 1152 1536
DirectX version — 12.1
OpenCL version — 3.0
Vulkan version — 1.3

Info

Info specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Announced October 2023 October 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number — SM8750-AB
Official page — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site
Successor — -Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Bus 8x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 102.4 Gb/s 84.8 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 24 GB
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5300 MHz
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5X

Multimedia (ISP)

Multimedia (ISP) specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Audio codecs - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Max camera resolution 1x 48MP 1x 320MP
Max display resolution 2732 x 2048 3840 x 2540
Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
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 —
📘 2026-08-19(Eiyuu) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-19(Sumiya) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(Apple Slayer) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23(S25 owner) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-23([006]) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(Vasy1163) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-24(zaido) — AnTuTu
📘 2026-08-25(Dipsan) — AnTuTu

PCMark 3.0

PCMark 3.0 specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Data manipulation score — 16086
Phones tested — 36 models
Photo editing score — 39118
Video editing score — 8458
Web score — 21945
Writing score — 22647

Smartphones

Smartphones specifications comparison
Specification Apple M3 (iPad) Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
1.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro Plus — 3543672
10.Asus Zenfone 12 Ultra — 3247013
2.Motorola Razr Ultra (2026) — 3379591
3.Realme GT 8 (China) — 3336910
4.OnePlus Ace 6 — 3332530
5.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 10 Pro — 3292097
6.Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro — 3290813
7.Honor GT Pro — 3280245
8.ZTE Nubia Red Magic 11 Air — 3265219
9.Honor Win RT — 3249469
Phones with Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) — AnTuTu v11

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